Published July 15, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Gauge hierarchy and attractive feeble long-range force

  • 1. Fermilab, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL (USA)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (USA)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (USA)
  • 4. Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (USA)
  • 5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (USA)

Description

We show that in a gauge theory with gauge hierarchy, a long-range attractive feeble force can arise in general within the framework of perturbative field theory. The force is the result of the existence of a Higgs boson whose mass and matter couplings are both naturally suppressed by powers of the hierarchical scale ratio. Some simple but realistic examples are used to demonstrate this mechanism

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
630-635
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA