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Is the Higgs a visible particle?

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996)

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We suggest that the Higgs might be unobservable as a free particle, due to its origin at a symmetry-breaking mechanism. The standard model is kept intact, only the definition of the vacuum for the Higgs is changed. With the new (natural) definition, the Higgs propagator is half-advanced and half-retarded. This Green’s function is compatible with the absence of free particles.

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  1. Departmento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C.C. 67, (1900), La Plata, Argentina

    C. G. Bollini & M. C. Rocca

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This work was partially supported by Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas, Pcia. de Buenos Aires; Argentina.

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Bollini, C.G., Rocca, M.C. Is the Higgs a visible particle?. Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996) 110, 363–367 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035887

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