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doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19109199 , 10.5281/zenodo.19349038 , 10.5281/zenodo.19571695 , 10.5281/zenodo.19109200 , 10.5281/zenodo.19591701 , 10.5281/zenodo.19294971 , 10.5281/zenodo.19242563 , 10.5281/zenodo.19433327 , 10.5281/zenodo.19626044 , 10.5281/zenodo.19435236 , 10.5281/zenodo.19625888 , 10.5281/zenodo.19163315 , 10.5281/zenodo.19581413 , 10.5281/zenodo.19365414 , 10.5281/zenodo.19590273
Title: Paper XXXV: Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from Hopf Vacuum Structure Author: Alexander Novickis (alex.novickis@gmail.com) The Standard Model's electroweak sector --- $SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y$ gauge symmetry, spontaneous breaking to $U(1)_\text{em}$, three massive and one massless gauge boson, and a scalar Higgs field --- is conventionally built from an ad hoc scalar doublet with two free parameters ($\mu^2$, $\lambda$). We show that this entire structure emerges from the topology of the Hopf fibration $S^3 \xrightarrow{S^1} S^2$. The $S^3$ isometry group $SO(4) \cong SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R$ provides the gauge symmetry; squashing the Hopf fiber reduces $SU(2)_R$ to $U(1)_Y$. When the soliton vacuum condenses --- selecting a point on $S^2$ --- the pattern $SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y \to U(1)_\text{em}$ follows without any scalar potential. The $W^\pm$ mass arises from the Skyrme term's energy cost for fiber reorientation; the $Z^0$ mass from electroweak mixing; the photon remains massless as the unbroken $U(1)_\text{em}$ generator. The Weinberg angle $\sin^2\theta_W = 3/13$ and the Higgs mass $m_H = 125.82$ GeV are derived geometrically with zero free parameters. All precision electroweak observables are reproduced at the per-mille level. The hierarchy problem is resolved by the topological determination of the Higgs mass as a finite ratio of one-loop integrals over a compact moduli space. Keywords: physics, electroweak, higgs, soliton, topology, symmetrybreaking, hopf, weinberg DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19435236 Series: Paper XXXV in the Hopf Soliton Programme
higgs, topology, symmetrybreaking, electroweak, hopf, physics, soliton, weinberg
higgs, topology, symmetrybreaking, electroweak, hopf, physics, soliton, weinberg
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