The Lee-Wick standard model

Journal Article · Tue Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.77.025012· OSTI ID:21038951

Grinstein, Benjamin ^[1]; O'Connell, Donal; Wise, Mark B ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

We construct a modification of the standard model which stabilizes the Higgs mass against quadratically divergent radiative corrections, using ideas originally discussed by Lee and Wick in the context of a finite theory of quantum electrodynamics. The Lagrangian includes new higher derivative operators. We show that the higher derivative terms can be eliminated by introducing a set of auxiliary fields; this allows for convenient computation and makes the physical interpretation more transparent. The theory is thought to be unitary, but nevertheless, it does not satisfy the usual analyticity conditions.

• OSTI ID: 21038951
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
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