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Enhanced Higgs boson production and avoidance of CP-violation and FCNC in the MPP inspired 2HDM
The multiple point principle (MPP) can be used to suppress non--diagonal
flavour transitions and CP violation in the two Higgs doublet extension of the
standard model. We discuss the quasi--fixed point scenario in the MPP inspired
two Higgs doublet model which leads to the enhanced production of Higgs
particles at the LHC if the MPP scale is low.Comment: Talk given at the 2007 Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics,
Manchester, England, 19-25 July 2007, CERN preprint number added, references
update
Trying to understand the Standard Model parameters
We stress the importance of the circa 20 parameters in the Standard Model,
which are not fixed by the model but only determined experimentally, as a
window to the physics beyond the Standard Model. However, it is a tiny window
in as far as these numbers contain only the information corresponding to about
one line of text. Looking for a method to study these coupling and mass
parameters, we put forward the idea of the Multiple Point Principle as a first
step. This principle states that Nature adjusts the coupling and mass
parameters so as to make many different vacuum states exist and have
approximately the same energy densities (cosmological constants). As an
illustrative application, we put up the proposal that a small increase (maybe
only an infinitesimal one) in the value of the top quark coupling constant
could lead to a new vacuum phase; in this new phase the binding of a bound
state of 6 top quarks and 6 anti-top quarks becomes so strong as to become a
tachyon and condense in the vacuum. Assuming the existence of a third
degenerate vacuum at the fundamental energy scale, we present a solution to the
hierarchy problem of why the ratio of the fundamental scale to the electroweak
scale is so large. We also present a 5 parameter fit to the orders of magnitude
of the quark-lepton masses and mixing angles in the Family Replicated Gauge
Group Model. In this model, the Standard Model gauge group and a gauged B-L
(baryon number minus lepton number) is extended to one set of gauge fields for
each family of fermions.Comment: Institute address corrected and one reference adde
The Hierarchy Problem and an Exotic Bound State
The Multiple Point Principle, according to which there exist many vacuum
states with the same energy density, is put forward as a fine-tuning mechanism.
By assuming the existence of three degenerate vacua, we derive the hierarchical
ratio between the fundamental (Planck) and electroweak scales in the Standard
Model. In one of these phases, 6 top quarks and 6 anti-top quarks bind so
strongly by Higgs exchange as to become tachyonic and form a condensate. The
third degenerate vacuum is taken to have a Higgs field expectation value of the
order of the fundamental scale.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the 10th
International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS04),
Boston, 16-22 August 200
The ‘regulated death’: a documentary analysis of the regulation and inspection of dying and death in English care homes for older people.
In England, processes of regulation and inspection have been established to ensure that older people living in long-term care settings receive quality care. This paper describes how dying and death in care homes for older people is regulated and inspected. A documentary analysis was undertaken of the standard that addresses dying and death in the 2001 Care Homes for Older People: National Minimum Standards. Present in the standard is a ‘good death’ template drawn from constructions of best practice in palliative care. The way in which this national standard is enacted in the inspection process is described using a content analysis of the inspection reports from 226 care homes for older people. These present a narrow focus on dying and death, one that emphasises the older person's wishes and the degree of adherence to policies and procedures concerned with the dying and death event. A regulated death attenuates the ‘good death’ template and reflects both the inspection process and capabilities of the residents of care homes. If the regulation and inspection process is to integrate dying with living, a broader conception and regime of inspection is required. Only then will end-of-life care be provided that meets the diverse needs of older people who live in care homes
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