https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1101-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Stability of the scalar potential and symmetry breaking in the economical 3-3-1 model
1
Instituto de Física, Universidad de Antioquia, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia
2
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Nariño, A.A. 1175, Pasto, Colombia
3
Eseuela de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A.A. 3840, Medellín, Colombia
* e-mail: yithsbey@gmail.com
Received:
22
May
2009
Published online:
31
July
2009
A detailed study of the criteria for stability of the scalar potential and the proper electroweak symmetry breaking pattern in the economical 3-3-1 model, is presented. For the analysis we use and improve a method previously developed to study the scalar potential in the two-Higgs-doublet extension of the standard model. A new theorem related to the stability of the potential is stated. As a consequence of this study, the consistency of the economical 3-3-1 model emerges.
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