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Light bound states of heavy fermions

  • University of New South Wales

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Abstract

In the Standard Model, a group of heavy fermions, e.g. top quarks, can collectively strongly affect the Higgs field and create relatively long-lived bound states. If there exist new generations of fermions with masses beyond 1 TeV, strong binding of several of them can make them lighter than even a single heavy fermion. Using the mean field approximation we find multi-fermion states with masses M~5vN≈1.2N TeV, with N=2,3,... and v=246 GeV being the total number of heavy fermions bound together, and the Higgs VEV. These results inspire a hope that the experimental search for multi-fermions within the range of energies 2-3 Tev would either discover them, or suggest absence of new Standard Model fermions with larger masses. Possible implications related to multi-top states and baryonic asymmetry of the Universe are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)485-488
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume693
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Bag model
  • Heavy fermion
  • Higgs boson

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