Perturbative Unification and Higgs Boson Mass Bounds

Abstract

Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model generally give a theoretical upper limit on the lightest Higgs boson mass which may be uncomfortably close to the current experimental lower bound of $m_h$ > 114 GeV. Here we show ways in which this upper limit on $m_h$ can be relaxed substantially in the perturbative regime, while maintaining the successful unification of gauge couplings as observed in the minimal scenario. A class of models is presented, which includes new vector-like matter with the quantum numbers of the 5, 5-bar and singlet representations of SU(5) and having Yukawa couplings (κ) to the usual Higgs doublet $H_u$. This new matter transforms non-trivially under a "lateral" SU(N) gauge symmetry, which enables the new Yukawa couplings κto be sizable, even larger than the top-quark Yukawa coupling, and still be perturbative at all momenta up to the unification scale of 10^{16} GeV. We find that, consistent with low energy constraints, $m_h$ can be raised to values as large as 200 - 300 GeV.

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