PT-symmetric interpretation of unstable effective potentials
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Bender, CM
Hook, DW
Mavromatos, NE
Sarkar, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The conventional interpretation of the one-loop effective potentials of the
Higgs field in the Standard Model and the gravitino condensate in dynamically
broken supergravity is that these theories are unstable at large field values.
A PT-symmetric reinterpretation of these models at a quantum-mechanical level
eliminates these instabilities and suggests that these instabilities may also
be tamed at the quantum-field-theory level.
Higgs field in the Standard Model and the gravitino condensate in dynamically
broken supergravity is that these theories are unstable at large field values.
A PT-symmetric reinterpretation of these models at a quantum-mechanical level
eliminates these instabilities and suggests that these instabilities may also
be tamed at the quantum-field-theory level.
Date Issued
2016-10-13
Date Acceptance
2016-09-23
Citation
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2016, 49 (45)
ISSN
1751-8113
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume
49
Issue
45
Copyright Statement
© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it.
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01970v1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Mathematical
Physics
effective potential
PT-symmetry
vacuum stability
BREAKING
hep-th
math-ph
math.MP
quant-ph
Mathematical Physics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
45LT01