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Of higgs, unitarity and other questions

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On the verge of conclusive checks on the Standard Model by the LHC, we discuss some of the basic assumptions. The reason for this analysis stems from a recent proposal of an electroweak model based on a nonlinearly realized gauge group SU(2) ⊗ U(1), where, in the perturbative approximation, there is no Higgs boson. The model enjoys the Slavnov-Taylor identities and therefore the perturbative unitarity. On the other hand, it is commonly believed that the existence of the Higgs boson is entangled with the property of unitarity, when high energy processes are considered. The argument is based mostly on the Froissart bound and on the equivalence theorem. In this paper we briefly review some of our objections to the validity of such arguments. Some open questions are pointed out, in particular on the limit of zero mass for the vector mesons and on the fate of the longitudinal polarizations.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    D. Bettinelli

  2. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    R. Ferrari

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sez. di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    R. Ferrari & A. Quadri

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Bettinelli, D., Ferrari, R. & Quadri, A. Of higgs, unitarity and other questions. Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 272, 22–38 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0081543811010044

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