Minima of classically scale-invariant potentials

Kristjan Kannike (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Rävala 10, Tallinn, 10143, Estonia) ; Kaius Loos (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Rävala 10, Tallinn, 10143, Estonia) ; Luca Marzola (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Rävala 10, Tallinn, 10143, Estonia)

We propose a new formalism to analyse the extremum structure of scale-invariant effective potentials. The problem is stated in a compact matrix form, used to derive general expressions for the stationary point equation and the mass matrix of a multi-field RG-improved effective potential. Our method improves on (but is not limited to) the Gildener-Weinberg approximation and identifies a set of conditions that signal the presence of a radiative minimum. When the conditions are satisfied at different scales, or in different subspaces of the field space, the effective potential has more than one radiative minimum. We illustrate the method through simple examples and study in detail a Standard-Model-like scenario where the potential admits two radiative minima. Whereas we mostly concentrate on biquadratic potentials, our results carry over to the general case by using tensor algebra.

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Published on:
21 June 2021
Publisher:
Springer
Published in:
Journal of High Energy Physics , Volume 2021 (2021)
Issue 6
Pages 1-42
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2021)128
arXiv:
2011.12304
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