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We present the first complete next-to-next-to-leading order analysis of the Standard Model Higgs potential. We computed the two-loop QCD and Yukawa corrections to the relation between the Higgs quartic coupling (λ) and the Higgs mass (M h ), reducing the theoretical uncertainty in the determination of the critical value of M h for vacuum stability to 1 GeV. While λ at the Planck scale is remarkably close to zero, absolute stability of the Higgs potential is excluded at 98 % C.L. for M h < 126 GeV. Possible consequences of the near vanishing of λ at the Planck scale, including speculations about the role of the Higgs field during inflation, are discussed.
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Degrassi, G., Di Vita, S., Elias-Miró, J. et al. Higgs mass and vacuum stability in the Standard Model at NNLO. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 98 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2012)098
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