Abstract
We give an $S$-matrix-theoretic demonstration that if the Higgs-boson mass exceeds ${M}_{c}={(8\ensuremath{\pi}\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}{G}_{F})}^{\frac{1}{2}}$, parital-wave unitarity is not respected by the tree diagrams for two-body scattering of gauge bosons, and the weak interactions must become strong at high energies. We exhibit the relation of this bound to the structure of the Higgs-Goldstone Lagrangian, and speculate on the consequences of strongly coupled Higgs-Goldstone systems. Prospects for the observation of massive Higgs scalars are noted.
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Higgs bosonPhysicsParticle physicsUnitarityGoldstone bosonBosonGauge bosonElementary particleHiggs mechanismHiggs fieldGauge theory
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- 16
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- 5
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Benjamin W. Lee,
Chris Quigg,
H. B. Thacker
(1977).
Weak interactions at very high energies: The role of the Higgs-boson mass.
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
, 16
(5)
, 1519-1531.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.16.1519
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- 10.1103/physrevd.16.1519