Issues in standard model symmetry breaking

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7124562· OSTI ID:7124562

Golden, M

This work discusses the symmetry breaking sector of the SU(2) x U(1) electroweak model. The first two chapters discuss Higgs masses in two simple Higgs models. The author proves low-enery theorems for the symmetry breaking sector: The threshold behavior of gauge-boson scattering is completely determined, whenever the symmetry breaking sector meets certain simple conditions. The author uses these theorems to derive event rates for the superconducting super collider (SSC). The author shows that the SSC may be able to determine whether the interactions of the symmetry breaking sector are strong or weak. 54 refs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7124562
• Report Number(s): LBL-25372; ON: DE88016643
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HIGGS MODEL
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
LIE GROUPS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
STANDARD MODEL
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS