Standard model criticality prediction top mass 173 ± 5 GeV and Higgs mass 135 ± 9 GeV
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If one requires a degeneracy between three- and four-dimensional vacua as suggested by the multiple point principle, the neutrinos are predicted to be Dirac, with the mass of the lightest neutrino approximately O(1-10) meV.
“We argue that, if we require a degeneracy between three-and four-dimensional vacua as suggested by the multiple point principle, the neutrinos are predicted to be Dirac, with the mass of the lightest neutrino ≈ O(1-10) meV, which may be tested by future CMB, large scale structure and 21cm line observations.”
From Weak gravity conjecture, multiple point principle and the standard model landscape (2017) · cites this paper as [33]
The Introduction (p. 2) identifies the multiple point criticality principle with coexistence of degenerate vacua. But its vacua are two minima of the Standard Model Higgs potential, not three- and four-dimensional vacua. The paper predicts top-quark and Higgs masses (Abstract, p. 1); it does not support the attributed prediction that neutrinos are Dirac or that the lightest has a mass of approximately 1–10 meV. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBased on the multiple point criticality principle, Froggatt and Nielsen predicted the mass of the Higgs boson in 1995.
“Based on this principle, Froggatt and Nielsen [33,39] predicted the mass of the Higgs boson in 1995.”
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The Introduction (p. 2) identifies the multiple point criticality principle, and the Conclusion (p. 11) predicts a Higgs pole mass of 135 ± 9 GeV. Our copy does not establish that the prediction was made in 1995; the supplied source information dates this paper to 1996. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe multiple point criticality principle requires the parameters of the theory to be tuned so that there are multiple vacua degenerate in energy.
“This principle requires that the parameter of the theory to be tuned so that there are multiple vacua that are degenerate in energy.”
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- [2][2] C. D. Froggatt and H. B. Nielsen, Origin of Symmetries (World Scientific, Singapore, 1991). -
- [4][4] D. L. Bennett, C. D. Froggatt and H. B. Nielsen, Multiple Point Criticality, Fine Structure Constants and Mass Hierarchies, in: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on High Energy Physics (Glasgow, Scotland, 1994), eds. P. Bussey and I. Knowles (IOP Publishing Ltd, 1995) p. 557. -
- [12][12] D. L. Bennett, C. D. Froggatt and H. B. Nielsen, preprint NBI-95-15, GUTPA/95/04/1 [hep-ph/9504294]. - · arXiv
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- Authors
- Froggatt, C. D., & Nielsen, H. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- ORCID
- Nielsen, H.B.
- Venue
- Physics Letters B
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-01
- Volume
- 368
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 96-102
- ISSN
- 0370-2693 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2078963117
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physics Letters B (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Keywords
- top quark mass, Higgs boson mass, degenerate vacua, Planck scale, Standard Model, vacuum degeneracy
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