Could the Higgs mass be very light (< 1ev)?

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Has a very light (less than 1eV) Higgs mass been excluded by theory and/or experiment?
 
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Has a very light (less than 1eV) Higgs mass been excluded by theory and/or experiment?

An extremely light Higgs (less than < 1ev) would be a catastrophe in astrophysics. Top amongst many other problems, it would destabilize stars like our own Sun.
 

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