#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ PROVENANCE: EMPIRICAL Computation 120 -- Item 1.3 (full-SM extension of the M_* cancellation): the open question settled in the NEGATIVE. ========================================================================= STATUS (v26.21+): open-research item 1.3 has stood OPEN since the v26.09 withdrawal of the sector-blindness closure (Comps 107/108). The scalar- sector self-mass m_h^2 = (3/2) M_*^2/(16 pi^2) stands as a parameter-free one-loop result for the Higgs self-loop in isolation; its extension to the top/W/Z sectors -- which would let M_* = 4 pi m_h sqrt(2/3) stand as a FULL-theory prediction -- was left as the open question: "Does an explicit cancellation of the EFT-layer top/W/Z quadratic sensitivities exist, and what partner spectrum would it require?" This computation answers it: NO, not within PST. It quantifies the obstruction (the Veltman residual) and the partner sector a cancellation would require, shows that sector is both collider-excluded and absent from PST's spectrum, and concludes that M_* is irreducibly a scalar-sector result. Item 1.3 is thereby settled in the negative. THE OBSTRUCTION: THE SM VELTMAN RESIDUAL DOES NOT VANISH AT M_* ============================================================== The SM Higgs-mass quadratic sensitivity is delta m_h^2 = (Lambda^2 / 16 pi^2) * [ 6 lambda + (9/4) g^2 + (3/4) g'^2 - 6 y_t^2 ]. A clean boson-fermion cancellation at M_* would require the bracket (the Veltman condition) to vanish there. It does not: the top term -6 y_t^2 dominates and the bracket is large and negative (~ -3) at both the EW scale and M_*, with no sign change or zero in between. THE PARTNER SECTOR A CANCELLATION WOULD REQUIRE =============================================== To cancel the dominant -6 y_t^2 one needs BOSONIC top-partners (scalar "stop"-like states) coupling at top strength, near M_* ~ 1.3 TeV (the SUSY-style mechanism). Such states: - are collider-constrained: scalar top-partners / vector-like quarks are excluded by LHC to ~1.2-1.4 TeV, i.e. essentially at M_* itself; - would generate SMEFT / EWPO signatures that PST's "no new light states" premise (paper sec:wilson-ewpo) explicitly forbids; - are ABSENT from PST's spectrum: by Proposition F4 the emergent EFT below M_* is exactly the Standard Model (no superpartners), and by the layer-disjointness of Comp 105 the substrate cancellation lives in the UV shell [M_*, sqrt D], disjoint from the EFT-layer top/W/Z loops, so it cannot supply such partners. CONCLUSION ========== The full-SM extension does not exist within PST: there is no mechanism to cancel the EFT-layer top/W/Z quadratic sensitivities, and the partner sector that would be required is both collider-disfavoured and structurally absent. M_* = 4 pi m_h sqrt(2/3) is therefore irreducibly a SCALAR-SECTOR prediction (the Higgs self-loop in isolation), exactly as the paper now scopes it. Item 1.3 is settled in the negative -- the v26.09 demotion of M_* to scalar-sector is the final word, not a temporary state. ========================================================================= """ import math # --- approximate SM MSbar couplings (squared where noted) --- # EW scale (~ m_t); standard values. COUPLINGS_EW = dict(lam=0.126, g=0.64, gp=0.36, yt=0.94) # At M_* ~ 1.3 TeV (one-loop-run, rough): yt and lambda decrease slightly, # gauge couplings nearly flat. Values bracket the running; the conclusion # is insensitive to the exact numbers. COUPLINGS_MSTAR = dict(lam=0.11, g=0.63, gp=0.36, yt=0.91) def veltman_bracket(c): """[6 lambda + (9/4) g^2 + (3/4) g'^2 - 6 y_t^2].""" return (6 * c["lam"] + (9.0 / 4.0) * c["g"]**2 + (3.0 / 4.0) * c["gp"]**2 - 6 * c["yt"]**2) def main(): print("=" * 72) print("Computation 120: item 1.3 -- full-SM extension settled NEGATIVE") print("=" * 72) print() # ---- 1. the Veltman bracket does not vanish at M_* ---- print("1. THE VELTMAN BRACKET IS ~ -3 AND DOES NOT VANISH AT M_*") print("-" * 72) for label, c in (("EW scale (~m_t)", COUPLINGS_EW), ("M_* ~ 1.3 TeV ", COUPLINGS_MSTAR)): b = veltman_bracket(c) terms = (6*c["lam"], (9/4)*c["g"]**2, (3/4)*c["gp"]**2, -6*c["yt"]**2) print(f" {label}: 6lam={terms[0]:+.2f} (9/4)g^2={terms[1]:+.2f} " f"(3/4)g'^2={terms[2]:+.2f} -6yt^2={terms[3]:+.2f}") print(f" bracket = {b:+.2f} " f"(/16pi^2 = {b/(16*math.pi**2):+.4f})") print() print(" Top-dominated and negative at both scales; no zero crossing.") print(" A clean cancellation (bracket = 0) does NOT occur at M_*.") print() # ---- 2. what a cancellation would require ---- print("2. THE PARTNER SECTOR A CANCELLATION WOULD REQUIRE") print("-" * 72) c = COUPLINGS_MSTAR top_term = 6 * c["yt"]**2 print(f" The dominant negative term is -6 y_t^2 = {-top_term:.2f}.") print(f" Cancelling it needs bosonic top-partners (stop-like scalars)") print(f" at top strength near M_* ~ 1.3 TeV (the SUSY-style mechanism:") print(f" two complex scalar partners restore +6 y_t^2).") print() # ---- 3. such partners are excluded / absent ---- print("3. THAT SECTOR IS COLLIDER-DISFAVOURED AND STRUCTURALLY ABSENT") print("-" * 72) LHC_stop_bound = 1.2 # TeV, simplified-model scalar top-partner LHC_vlq_bound = 1.4 # TeV, vector-like quark / top partner M_star = 1.285 # TeV print(f" M_* = {M_star} TeV; LHC scalar top-partner bound ~ " f"{LHC_stop_bound} TeV; vector-like-quark bound ~ {LHC_vlq_bound} " f"TeV.") print(f" The required partners sit AT M_* -- at or below the exclusion") print(f" edge -- and would source SMEFT/EWPO signals that PST's") print(f" 'no new light states' premise (sec:wilson-ewpo) forbids.") print() print(" Structurally, PST does not contain them:") print(" - Proposition F4: the emergent EFT below M_* is EXACTLY the") print(" SM (no superpartners, no top-partner sector);") print(" - Comp 105 (layer disjointness): the substrate cancellation") print(" lives in the UV shell [M_*, sqrt D], disjoint from the") print(" EFT-layer top/W/Z loops -- it cannot reach or supply them.") print() # ---- 4. assessment ---- print("=" * 72) print("ASSESSMENT: item 1.3 settled in the negative") print("=" * 72) print() print(" The full-SM extension does NOT exist within PST:") print(" - the Veltman residual at M_* is ~ -3 (top-dominated), not 0,") print(" so M_* is not a Veltman-natural full-theory scale;") print(" - cancelling it requires a bosonic top-partner sector at ~M_*,") print(" which is collider-disfavoured AND absent from PST's spectrum") print(" (F4: emergent EFT = SM) AND unreachable by the substrate") print(" mechanism (Comp 105: layer-disjoint).") print() print(" CONCLUSION: M_* = 4 pi m_h sqrt(2/3) is irreducibly a") print(" SCALAR-SECTOR prediction -- the Higgs self-loop in isolation --") print(" exactly as the paper now scopes it (sec:renorm, since v26.09).") print(" The v26.09 demotion is the FINAL word, not a temporary state.") print(" Item 1.3 moves from OPEN to RESOLVED (negative): there is no") print(" full-SM extension; the scalar-sector result is the whole of") print(" what the boson-fermion cancellation delivers.") print() print(" This is a negative settlement, not a positive closure: it does") print(" not extend M_* to the full theory; it establishes that no such") print(" extension exists within PST, removing the item from the open") print(" register with M_* correctly and finally scoped.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()