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A scalar potential from gauge condensation and its implications

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arxiv 1911.01050 v3 pith:VSHFRJNH submitted 2019-11-04 hep-ph hep-th

A scalar potential from gauge condensation and its implications

classification hep-ph hep-th
keywords gaugescalarfieldpotentialscalesymmetryvacuumapplicable
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We consider a scalar field $\phi$ whose coupling to the kinetic term of a non-abelian gauge field is set at an UV scale $M$. Then the confinement of the gauge sector will induce a $\phi$-dependent vacuum energy which generates a dimensionful potential for the scalar. It provides a good example of dynamical generation of a new physics scale below $M$ through the vacuum expectation value $\langle \phi \rangle$. This mechanism may shed light on the origin of dark matter, or spontaneous symmetry breaking applicable to the electroweak symmetry.

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