Mass Generation via the Phase Transition of the Higgs Field

Author:

Christodoulou Dimitris M.1ORCID,Kazanas Demosthenes2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA

2. NASA/GSFC, Astrophysics Science Division, Code 663, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

The commonly quoted bistable Higgs potential is not a proper description of the Higgs field because, among other technical reasons, one of its stable states acquires a negative expectation value in vacuum. We rely on formal catastrophe theory to derive the form of the Higgs potential that admits only one positive mean value in vacuum. No symmetry is broken during the ensuing phase transition that assigns mass to the Higgs field; only gauge redundancy is “broken” by the appearance of phase in the massive state, but this redundancy is not a true symmetry of the massless field. Furthermore, a secondary, certainly amusing conclusion, is that, in its high-energy state, the field oscillates about its potential minimum between positive and negative masses, but it is doubtful that such evanescent states can survive below the critical temperature of 159.5 GeV, where the known particles were actually created.

Funder

NSF-AAG

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Geometry and Topology,Logic,Mathematical Physics,Algebra and Number Theory,Analysis

Reference68 articles.

1. Landau, L.D., and Lifshitz, E.G. (1980). Statistical Physics, Pergamon Press. [3rd ed.]. Part 1.

2. The crucial role of cooling in the making of molecular clouds and stars;Tohline;Astrophys. J.,1987

3. Phase transition time scales for cooling and isothermal media;Christodoulou;Astrophys. J.,1990

4. Thom, R. (1975). Structural Stability and Morphogenesis, Benjamin Press.

5. Poston, T., and Stewart, I. (1988). Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications, Dover.

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3