Pset6

Srivatsan March 16, 2014

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1.1
We dene the variables x = 1 1 y = 2 2 z = Re( 1 2 ) u = Im( 1 2 ) . 1 + i2 5 + i6 and 2 = with 3 = v1 and 7 = 3 + i4 7 + i8 v2 and the others having zero vev. We also have the following expressions Here 1 =
2 2 2 x = 2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 2 2 2 y = 2 5 + 6 + 7 + 8

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z = 1 5 + 2 6 + 3 7 + 4 8 u = 1 6 + 3 8 2 5 4 7 .The scalar potential is now

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 V = 2 1 x + 2 y + 1 x + 2 y + 3 xy + 4 (z + u ) + 5 (z u )

We now extremize the potential with respect to i . Denoting

x V

by Vx

and so on, we get the following 8 equations 2V x 1 + V z 5 + V u 6 = 0 2V x 2 + V z 6 V u 5 = 0 2V x 3 + V z 7 + V u 8 = 0 2V x 4 + V z 8 V u 7 = 0 2Vy 5 + Vz 1 Vu 2 = 0 2Vy 6 + Vz 2 + Vu 1 = 0 2Vy 7 + Vz 3 Vu 4 = 0 2Vy 8 + Vz 4 + Vu 3 = 0 At the given minimum, only the third, fourth, seventh and eighth of the preceding system give non-trivial conditions. These are 2Vx v1 + Vz v2 = 0 Vu = 0 2Vy v2 + v1 Vz = 0
2 2 2 2 which imply 2 1 + 21 v1 + (3 + 4 + 5 )v2 = 0 and 2 + 22 v2 + (3 + 4 + 2 =0 5 )v1 We now nd the Hessian at the minimum. The matlab code is attached. We apply Sylvesters criterion of demanding all leading principal minors be positive. This gives the required conditions on i and j .

1.2
The unitary gauge condition is obtained by requiring that the Aa i terms be absent from the kinetic term. This requires that the uctuations 1 and 2 satisfy a a Im( 10 T 1 ) + Im(20 T 2 ) = 0

Thus, if 1 =

1 1

and 2 =

2 , we get 2 v1 1 + v2 2 = 0

v1 Im(1 ) + v2 Im(2 ) = 0

Hence in unitary gauge the two scalar doublets look like 1U = 2U =

2 v v1 2 v1 + 1 i v v1

v2 + 2 + i

Thus we see that the Higgs spectrum consists of a charged scalar , two neutral scalars 1 ,2 and a psudoscalar The scalar masses are given by