Abstract:
The most general scalar potential of two real scalar fields and a Higgs boson is a quartic homogeneous polynomial in three variables, which defines a $4$th-order three-dimensional symmetric tensor. Hence, the boundedness of such a scalar potential from below involves the positive (semi-)definiteness of the corresponding tensor. In this paper, we therefore mainly discuss analytic expressions of positive (semi-)definiteness for such a special tensor. First, an analytically necessary and sufficient condition is given to test the positive (semi-)definiteness of a $4$th-order two-dimensional symmetric tensor. Furthermore, by means of such a result, the analytic necessary and sufficient conditions of the boundedness from below are obtained for a general scalar potential of two real scalar fields and the Higgs boson.
Team Project of Innovation Leading Talent in Chongqing
CQYC20210309536
Foundation of Chongqing Normal University
20XLB009
This work was supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (grant No. 12171064), Team Project of Innovation
Leading Talent in Chongqing (grant No. CQYC20210309536), and
Foundation of Chongqing Normal University (grant No. 20XLB009).
Citation:
Yisheng Song, Liqun Qi, “Boundedness-below conditions for a general scalar potential of two real scalar fields and the Higgs boson”, TMF, 220:3 (2024), 591–604; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 220:3 (2024), 1567–1579