The relation between fundamental constants and particle physics parameters

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Abstract

The observed constraints on the variability of the proton to electron mass ratio µ and the fine structure constant α are used to establish constraints on the variability of the Quantum Chromodynamic Scale and a combination of the Higgs Vacuum Expectation Value and the Yukawa couplings. Further model dependent assumptions provide constraints on the Higgs VEV and the Yukawa couplings separately. A primary conclusion is that limits on the variability of dimensionless fundamental constants such as µ and α provide important constraints on the parameter space of new physics and cosmologies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6
JournalUniverse
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Cosmology
  • Fundamental constants
  • Particle physics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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