Quantum Field Theory at high multiplicity: The Higgsplosion mechanism

TL;DR

This thesis investigates the high multiplicity regime in Quantum Field Theory, focusing on the Higgsplosion mechanism's viability in scalar theories and the Standard Model, through perturbative analysis and new interpretations.

Contribution

It provides a perturbative analysis of the Higgsplosion mechanism and proposes a novel interpretation of its implications in scalar theories and the Standard Model.

Findings

Higgsplosion may occur in scalar theories under certain conditions

Perturbative results suggest possible realization of Higgsplosion in the Standard Model

A new interpretation of the Higgsplosion mechanism is proposed

Abstract

This master thesis seeks to understand what happens to a Quantum Field Theory when we are in the high multiplicity regime. The motivation for this study comes from a newly (2017) proposed mechanism that would happen in scalar theories in this limit, the Higgsplosion. We review what is known so far about the perturbative results in this regime and some other results coming from different approaches. We study the consequences of this mechanism for a normal scalar theory and if it can happen in the Standard Model. The goal is to understand if this mechanism can really happen in usual field theory, this question will be answered in the perturbative regime because a more general solution is still unknown. Additionally, a new possible interpretation for the Higgsplosion mechanism is proposed and discussed.