The Hierarchy Problem and the Top Yukawa: An Alternative to Top Partner Solutions
arXiv:2211.17254 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.055008
Abstract
We discuss the role of the top-quark Yukawa coupling concerning the hierarchy problem and construct an alternative scheme to the conventional solutions with top partners. In traditional models, like SUSY or composite Higgs, top partners cancel the top loop contribution to the Higgs quadratic term. The lack of evidence for such colored partners however drives these models into more and more fine-tuned regions. Here, an alternative means to mitigate the top loop, allowing for natural electroweak symmetry breaking, is presented. Emphasizing that we have not measured the top-Higgs interactions at high scales yet, we envisage scenarios where this interaction is only approaching its sizable strength in the infra-red, but gets strongly suppressed at high scales. We first discuss possible effects via a modification of the running of the top Yukawa coupling. Then, we turn to models where the top Yukawa is generated at one-loop level. Originated from a dimension-six operator, it drops when crossing the mass threshold of new degrees of freedom. In either case, the top partners are replaced by some new top-philic particles with strong interaction. Thus, a very different phenomenology, such as large top mass running and signals in four top final states, is introduced, which will be discussed in detail. With the assistance of this mechanism, the solution to the hierarchy problem can be pushed to a (well-defined) higher scale, and a final test of naturalness might be deferred to a 100 TeV Collider, like the FCC.
arXiv comment20 pages, 11 figures; v2: the discussions on custodial symmetry added, matches the version accepted for publication in PRD
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