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arxiv: hep-ph/0104016 · v2 · submitted 2001-04-02 · ✦ hep-ph

On the metastability of the Standard Model vacuum

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords vacuumelectroweakhiggslong-livedmodelstandardsufficientlyabsolutely
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If the Higgs mass m_H is as low as suggested by present experimental information, the Standard Model ground state might not be absolutely stable. We present a detailed analysis of the lower bounds on m_H imposed by the requirement that the electroweak vacuum be sufficiently long-lived. We perform a complete one-loop calculation of the tunnelling probability at zero temperature, and we improve it by means of two-loop renormalization-group equations. We find that, for m_H=115 GeV, the Higgs potential develops an instability below the Planck scale for m_t>(166\pm 2) GeV, but the electroweak vacuum is sufficiently long-lived for m_t < (175\pm 2) \GeV.

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