de Sitter swampland conjecture and the Higgs potential
Abstract
According to a conjecture recently put forward in [1], the scalar potential V of any consistent theory of quantum gravity satisfies a bound j∇Vj=V ≥ Oð1Þ. This forbids de Sitter solutions and supports quintessence models of cosmic acceleration. Here, we point out that in the simplest models incorporating the standard model in addition to quintessence, with the two sectors decoupled as suggested by observations, the proposed bound is violated by 50 orders of magnitude. However, a very specific coupling between quintessence and just the Higgs sector may still be allowed and consistent with the conjecture.
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- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1475240
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- OSTI ID: 1483575
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- de-sc0011941; SC0011941
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
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- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
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- American Physical Society
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Denef, Frederik, Hebecker, Arthur, and Wrase, Timm. de Sitter swampland conjecture and the Higgs potential. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.086004.
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title = {de Sitter swampland conjecture and the Higgs potential},
author = {Denef, Frederik and Hebecker, Arthur and Wrase, Timm},
abstractNote = {According to a conjecture recently put forward in [1], the scalar potential V of any consistent theory of quantum gravity satisfies a bound j∇Vj=V ≥ Oð1Þ. This forbids de Sitter solutions and supports quintessence models of cosmic acceleration. Here, we point out that in the simplest models incorporating the standard model in addition to quintessence, with the two sectors decoupled as suggested by observations, the proposed bound is violated by 50 orders of magnitude. However, a very specific coupling between quintessence and just the Higgs sector may still be allowed and consistent with the conjecture.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.98.086004},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 8,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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