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 language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 485-488 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
| Volume | 693 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2010 |
Keywords
- Bag model
- Heavy fermion
- Higgs boson
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