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J. J. van der Bij

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arXiv2021

The Principle of Global Relativity

We describe the non-minimal Standard Model, consisting of minimalistic extensions of the Standard Model, which for all we know is the theory of the universe, able to describe all of the universe from the beginning of time. Extensions discussed are an extra neutrino and a new Higgs model. We introduce the principle of global relativity and discuss how the theory can be largely derived from this principle. One is led to the unification of forces into SU(5) and a form of dark matter. We discuss the limitations of the theory, showing that it is not the theory of everything. However we argue that it is the only part, that is within conceivable reach of physical experiment or astronomical observations. It is argued, that at the Planck scale the universe is effectively three-dimensional.

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arXiv2018

Physics after the discovery of the Higgs boson

I show that with the discovery of the Higgs boson we have entered a new phase of our understanding of nature. This leads us towards a paradigm shift in the search for possible new physics, away from major extensions like supersymmetry towards minimalistic extensions, that largely preserve the structure of the standard model. To discover such new physics, precision may be more important than energy. Precision = Discovery! A possible path for the future is sketched.

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arXiv2014

Mini-Proceedings of the 15th meeting of the Working Group on Rad. Corrections and MC Generators for Low Energies

The mini-proceedings of the 15th Meeting of the "Working Group on Rad. Corrections and MC Generators for Low Energies" held in Mainz on April 11, 2014, are presented. These meetings, started in 2006, have as aim to bring together experimentalists and theorists working in the fields of meson transition form factors, hadronic contributions to $(g-2)_μ$ and the effective fine structure constant, and development of Monte Carlo generators and Radiative Corrections for precision e+e- and tau physics.

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arXiv2013

Natural $Z'$ model with an inverse seesaw and leptonic dark matter

We consider a model for a Z'-boson coupled only to baryon minus lepton number and hypercharge. Besides the usual right-handed neutrinos, we add a pair of fermions with a fractional lepton charge, which we therefore call leptinos. One of the leptinos is taken to be odd under an additional Z_2 charge, the other even. This allows for a natural (inverse) seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses. The odd leptino is a candidate for dark matter, but has to be resonantly annihilated by the Z'-boson or the Higgs-boson responsible for giving mass to the former. Considering collider and cosmological bounds on the model, we find that the Z'-boson and/or the extra Higgs-boson can be seen at the LHC. With more pairs of leptinos leptogenesis is possible.

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arXiv2012

A singlet-triplet extension for the Higgs search at LEP and LHC

We describe a simple extension of the standard model, containing a scalar singlet and a triplet fermion. The model can explain the possible enhancement in the decay $H \rightarrow γγ$ at the LHC together with the excess found in the Higgs boson search at LEP2. The structure of the model is motivated by a recent argument, that was used to explain the number of fermion generations. For the sake of completenes we also considered the contributions from higher multiplets.

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arXiv2012

Heavy top renormalon contribution to fermion propagators

We study resummed perturbative contributions due to a heavy top-quark. These renormalon contributions are evaluated for fermion propagators. Results for the top-quark width are given. Estimates of non-perturbative uncertainties are made on the ρ-parameter using different schemes of dealing with the Landau-pole. For the physical top-quark mass the effects are negligible.

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arXiv2012

A simple SU(5) model with unification near the Planck scale

We study unification in the SU(5) model with an extra Dirac multiplet in the ${\bf 24}$ representation. After spontaneous symmetry breaking we have at low energies a singlet, a colorless triplet and a neutral color-octet. All other particles can be taken at the unification scale. This combination leads to a unification very near the Planck scale. The triplet is light, its neutral component is a dark matter candidate. The model is in agreement with a recently derived anomaly condition, that implies that the number of (Weyl)-fermions has to be a multiple of 16.

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arXiv2012

New Spectra in the Heidi Models

We study the so-called HEIDI models, which are renormalizable extensions of the standard model with a higher-dimensional scalar singlet field. We compare their predictions with the recent results from the LHC. We show that the data can easily be described by the HEIDI models. However more data are necessary in order to distinguish these models from the standard model. A particular prediction is that the width of the Higgs could be in the GeV range. Such a width could be difficult to establish at the LHC. Suggestions for experiments beyond the LHC are made.

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arXiv2011

Limits on a heavy Higgs sector

Using the classical argument about tree level unitarity breakdown in combination with the precision electroweak data, it is shown, that if part of the Higgs sector is heavy and strongly interacting, this part is small and is out of range of the LHC. The limits take into account the recent Higgs search results at the LHC.

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arXiv2011

New spectra in the HEIDI Higgs models

We study the so-called HEIDI models, which are renormalizable extensions of the standard model with a higher dimensional scalar singlet field. As an additional parameter we consider a higher-dimensional mixing mass parameter. This leads to enriched possibilities compared to a previous study. We find effective spectral densities of the Higgs propagator, consisting of one, two or no particle peaks, together with a continuum. We compare with the LEP-2 data and determine for which range of the model parameters the data can be described. Assuming two peaks to be present we find for the new mass scale $ν\approx 56\pm12 \gev$, largely independent of the dimension. In the limiting case of $d\rightarrow 6$ and two peaks we find a higher dimensional coupling constant $α_6=0.70 \pm 0.18$, indicative of strong interactions among the higher dimensional fields. The LHC will not be able to study this Higgs field.

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arXiv2011

Resummed corrections to the ρparameter in the complex mass scheme

We present all order results for the heavy top corrections to the ρparameter in the complex mass scheme. We derive translation formulas between the complex mass and the on-shell scheme and show that they are ultimately equivalent. We show that a naive treatment with a fixed width for the top quark cannot give even approximately correct results.

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arXiv2010

Limits on a strongly interacting Higgs sector

Using the classical argument about tree level unitarity breakdown in combination with the precision electroweak data, it is shown, that if part of the Higgs sector is strongly interacting, this part is small and is out of range of the LHC.

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arXiv2010

Gravitational anomaly and fundamental forces

I present an argument, based on the topology of the universe, why there are three generations of fermions. The argument implies a preferred gauge group of SU(5), but with SO(10) representations of the fermions. The breaking pattern SU(5) to SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) is preferred over the pattern SU(5) to SU(4)xU(1). On the basis of the argument one expects an asymmetry in the early universe microwave data, which might have been detected already.

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arXiv2009

Quest for precision in hadronic cross sections at low energy: Monte Carlo tools vs. experimental data

We present the achievements of the last years of the experimental and theoretical groups working on hadronic cross section measurements at the low energy e+e- colliders in Beijing, Frascati, Ithaca, Novosibirsk, Stanford and Tsukuba and on tau decays. We sketch the prospects in these fields for the years to come. We emphasise the status and the precision of the Monte Carlo generators used to analyse the hadronic cross section measurements obtained as well with energy scans as with radiative return, to determine luminosities and tau decays. The radiative corrections fully or approximately implemented in the various codes and the contribution of the vacuum polarisation are discussed.

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arXiv2008

High-dimensional Z' phenomenology at hadron colliders

We study the phenomenology of a Z'-boson field coupled to hypercharge. The Z' propagator has a non-trivial Källén-Lehmann spectral density due to the mixing with a higher dimensional inert vector field. As a consequence detection possibilities at hadron colliders are reduced. We determine the range of parameters where this field can be studied at the Tevatron and the LHC through its production cross section via the Drell-Yan mechanism.

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arXiv2008

No Higgs at the LHC

I discuss the question whether it is possible that the LHC will find no signal for the Higgs particle. It is argued that in this case singlet scalars should be present that could move in extra, even fractional, dimensions. A critical view at the existing electroweak data shows that this possibility might be favored over the simplest standard model. In this case one needs the ILC in order to study the Higgs sector.

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arXiv2007

A cosmotopological relation for a unified field theory

I present an argument, based on the topology of the universe, why there are three generations of fermions. The argument implies a preferred unified gauge group of SU(5), but with SO(10) representations of the fermions. The breaking pattern $SU(5) \to SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1)$ is preferred over the pattern $SU(5) \to SU(4) \times U(1)$. On the basis of the argument one expects an asymmetry in the microwave data, which might have been detected already.

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