Experimental signatures of subtleties in the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism

Abstract

Subtle, but long-known, field-theoretical aspects require a more refined treatment of gauge theories involving a Brout-Englert-Higgs effect. This refinement can be done analytically using the Fröhlich-Morchio-Strocchi mechanism. In the standard model, this leads to slight, but in principle detectable, quantitative changes in observables. This can have significant implications for current and future colliders, which are investigated for a few sample processes.

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the 2023 Electroweak session of the 57th Rencontres de Moriond