2017/11/17 by Alberto Salvio, Salvio, Alberto
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1711.06594
5 pages plus cover page, 4 figures, article based on an invited plenary talk at Top2017; v2: references added
openalex publication_date 2017/11/17 · arxiv created 2018/01/09 · arxiv updated 2018/01/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Whether the Standard Model electroweak vacuum is stable, metastable or unstable depends crucially on the top mass (and, to a lesser extent, on other measurable quantities). These topics are reviewed and updated by taking into account the most recent determination of the top and Higgs masses. Moreover, the correction to the vacuum decay due to Einstein gravity is described. This process is also discussed in a scenario, called softened gravity, which has been proposed as a solution of the Higgs mass hierarchy problem.