Inconsistencies in Theoretical Physics, with Focus on the Higgs Mechanism: Advanced Study

In spite of tremendous progress in experimental high-energy physics such as the apparent discovery
of the Higgs boson at CERN, there exist a number of inconsistencies in theoretical physics which
continue to go either unnoticed or unstated. These include the Higgs mechanism itself as well as
recent discussions of problems with inflationary cosmology. The subject will be addressed in the
context of this author’s recent paper [1] on the requirement for compatible asymptotic states in the
study of the cosmological constant problem (CCP). Inconsistency in the Higgs mechanism is
eliminated by using scalar-tensor gravity where the scalar field is a gravitational field with zero spin
that represents the spontaneous symmetry breaking potential.