tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post3180893834650204064..comments2024-03-28T21:52:52.100-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: Does the SM Require Excited Higgs Bosons?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-81381016991510345872012-12-19T01:14:32.592-07:002012-12-19T01:14:32.592-07:00Hi ohwilleke,
Thanks a lot for this post. No, the...Hi ohwilleke,<br /><br />Thanks a lot for this post. No, there is no loophole. A scalar field gets mass in a Minkowski space by self-interaction. The presence of a de Sitter background just provides an energy scale by the Hubble constant that would be arbitrary otherwise. It is the same result obtained in such different circumstances that makes the argument compelling.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />MarcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-36552260756924236062012-12-18T19:05:43.531-07:002012-12-18T19:05:43.531-07:00There is no way that Frasca is right on this, and ...There is no way that Frasca is right on this, and it underlines how unreliable he is as a theorist. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.com