Ferreira, Pedro MiguelGONÇALVES, B. L.2020-04-032020-04-032020-02-27FERREIRA, Pedro M.; GONÇALVES, Bernardo Lopes – Stability of neutral minima against charge breaking in the Higgs triplet model. Journal of High Energy Physics. ISSN 1126-6708. N.º 2 (2020), pp. 1-331126-67081029-8479http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/11398We analyse the possibility of charge breaking minima developing in the Higgs triplet model, and under what conditions they are deeper than charge-preserving ones. Analytical expressions relating the depth of minima of different types are deduced. A global symmetry of the model leads to increased stability for charge-preserving vacua. However, if that symmetry is broken by a soft term, deeper charge-breaking minima may occur more easily. We identify the vev configurations most likely to produce charge breaking minima.engBeyond Standard ModelHiggs Physicsjournal article10.1007/JHEP02(2020)182