The observed constraints on the variability of the proton to electron mass ratio and the fine structure constant 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 and provide important constraints on the parameter space of new physics and cosmologies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/624359 |
| Date | 24 January 2017 |
| Creators | Thompson, Rodger |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Univ Arizona, Dept Astron |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0). |
| Relation | http://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/3/1/6 |
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