Higgs Boson as a Dilaton

TL;DR

This paper explores a novel approach where the Higgs boson is modeled as a dilaton within a gravity-inspired electroweak theory, predicting a small cross section for photon pair production.

Contribution

It introduces a new formulation of the electroweak model treating the Higgs as a dilaton without a potential, offering a different phenomenological perspective.

Findings

Cross section for $e^+ e^- o Z o ext{photon pairs}$ is small

Higgs as a dilaton affects electroweak processes

New formulation links gravity and electroweak theory

Abstract

We study possible phenomenological consequences of the recently proposed new approach to the Weinberg-Salam model. The electroweak theory is considered as a gravity and the Higgs particle is interpreted in it as a dilaton, without the usual potential of interaction in the Higgs sector. We have taken as a test the process of photons pair production, $e^+ + e^- \to Z + \gamma + \gamma$. In the framework of new formulation this reaction is mediated in the lowest order by the dilaton. The cross section is found to be rather small.