scholarly journals Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking with a Heavy Fermion in Light of Recent LHC Results

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Pham Q. Hung
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Higgs Field ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Hierarchy Problem ◽  
Quantum Numbers

The recent announcement of a discovery of a possible Higgs-like particle—its spin and parity are yet to be determined—at the LHC with a mass of 126 GeV necessitates a fresh look at the nature of the electroweak symmetry breaking, in particular if this newly-discovered particle will turn out to have the quantum numbers of a Standard Model Higgs boson. Even if it were a 0+scalar with the properties expected for a SM Higgs boson, there is still the quintessential hierarchy problem that one has to deal with and which, by itself, suggests a new physics energy scale around 1 TeV. This paper presents a minireview of one possible scenario: the formation of a fermion-antifermion condensate coming from a very heavy fourth generation, carrying the quantum number of the SM Higgs field, and thus breaking the electroweak symmetry.

scholarly journals BOSONIC SEESAW AND A SOLUTION TO THE μ PROBLEM IN THE UNPARTICLE PHYSICS

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (09) ◽  
pp. 691-701
Author(s):  
TATSURU KIKUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Conformal Symmetry ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Hidden Sector ◽  
The Standard Model

Recently, conceptually new physics beyond the Standard Model has been proposed by Georgi, where a new physics sector becomes conformal and provides "unparticle" which couples to the Standard Model sector through higher dimensional operators in low energy effective theory. Among several possibilities, we focus on operators involving the unparticle and Higgs boson. Once the Higgs develops the vacuum expectation value (VEV), the conformal symmetry is broken and as a result, the mixing between the unparticle and the Higgs boson emerges. In the former part of this paper, we consider a natural realization of bosonic seesaw in the context of unparticle physics. In this framework, the negative mass squared or the electroweak symmetry breaking vacuum is achieved as a result of mass matrix diagonalization. So, the bosonic seesaw mechanism for the electroweak symmetry breaking can naturally be understood in the framework of unparticle physics. In the latter part of this paper, we consider the unparticle as a hidden sector of supersymmetry breaking, and give some phenomenological consequences of this scenario. The result shows that there is a possibility for the unparticle as a hidden sector in SUSY breaking sector, and can provide a solution to the μ problem in SUSY models.

scholarly journals ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY BREAKING AND THE HIGGS BOSON: CONFRONTING THEORIES AT COLLIDERS

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 1330004 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEKSANDR AZATOV ◽  
JAMISON GALLOWAY
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Parameter Spaces ◽  
Decay Modes

In this review, we discuss methods of parsing direct information from collider experiments regarding the Higgs boson and describe simple ways in which experimental likelihoods can be consistently reconstructed and interfaced with model predictions in pertinent parameter spaces. We review prevalent scenarios for extending the electroweak symmetry breaking sector and emphasize their predictions for nonstandard Higgs phenomenology that could be observed in large hadron collider (LHC) data if naturalness is realized in particular ways. Specifically we identify how measurements of Higgs couplings can be used to imply the existence of new physics at particular scales within various contexts. The most dominant production and decay modes of the Higgs-like state observed in the early data sets have proven to be consistent with predictions of the Higgs boson of the Standard Model, though interesting directions in subdominant channels still exist and will require our careful attention in further experimental tests. Slightly anomalous rates in certain channels at the early LHC have spurred effort in model building and spectra analyses of particular theories, and we discuss these developments in some detail. Finally, we highlight some parameter spaces of interest in order to give examples of how the data surrounding the new state can most effectively be used to constrain specific models of weak scale physics.

scholarly journals The Discreet Charm of Higgsino Dark Matter: A Pocket Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Kowalska ◽  
Enrico Maria Sessolo
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Grand Unification ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Quantum Numbers ◽  
Model Independence ◽  
High Degree

We give a brief review of the current constraints and prospects for detection of higgsino dark matter in low-scale supersymmetry. In the first part we argue, after performing a survey of all potential dark matter particles in the MSSM, that the (nearly) pure higgsino is the only candidate emerging virtually unscathed from the wealth of observational data of recent years. In doing so by virtue of its gauge quantum numbers and electroweak symmetry breaking only, it maintains at the same time a relatively high degree of model-independence. In the second part we properly review the prospects for detection of a higgsino-like neutralino in direct underground dark matter searches, collider searches, and indirect astrophysical signals. We provide estimates for the typical scale of the superpartners and fine tuning in the context of traditional scenarios where the breaking of supersymmetry is mediated at about the scale of Grand Unification and where strong expectations for a timely detection of higgsinos in underground detectors are closely related to the measured 125 GeV mass of the Higgs boson at the LHC.

scholarly journals Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and New Physics at the TeV Scale

10.1142/3073 ◽  
1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L Barklow ◽  
Sally Dawson ◽  
Howard E Haber ◽  
James L Siegrist
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry

scholarly journals TWO COMPOSITE HIGGS DOUBLETS: IS IT THE LOW ENERGY LIMIT OF A NATURAL STRONG ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY BREAKING SECTOR?

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (06) ◽  
pp. 423-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFONSO R. ZERWEKH
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Gluon Fusion ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Associated Production ◽  
Composite Higgs ◽  
Main Production ◽  
Model Scheme

In this paper, we propose an effective model scheme that describes the electroweak symmetry breaking sector by means of composite Higgs-like scalars, following the ideas of Minimal Walking Technicolor (MWT). We argue that, because of the general failure of Extended Technicolor (ETC) to explain the mass of the top quark, it is necessary to introduce two composite Higgs bosons: one of them originated by a MWT–ETC sector and the other produced by a Topcolor sector. We focus on the phenomenological differences between the light composite Higgs present in our model and the fundamental Higgs boson predicted by the Standard Model and their production at the LHC. We show that in this scheme the main production channel of the lighter Higgs boson is the associated production with a gauge boson and WW fusion but not the gluon–gluon fusion channel which is substantially suppressed.

scholarly journals Higgs boson mass bounds separate models of electroweak symmetry breaking

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 5855-5865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Díaz ◽  
Tonnis A. ter Veldhuis ◽  
Thomas J. Weiler
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Higgs Boson Mass ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry

scholarly journals UNUSUAL HIGGS OR SUPERSYMMETRY FROM NATURAL ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY BREAKING

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (21) ◽  
pp. 1631-1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
RADOVAN DERMÍŠEK
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Higgs Boson Mass ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Supersymmetric Models ◽  
Soft Supersymmetry Breaking ◽  
Search Limit

This review provides an elementary discussion of electroweak symmetry breaking in the minimal and the next-to-minimal supersymmetric models with the focus on the fine-tuning problem — the tension between natural electroweak symmetry breaking and the direct search limit on the Higgs boson mass. Two generic solutions of the fine-tuning problem are discussed in detail: models with unusual Higgs decays; and models with unusual pattern of soft supersymmetry breaking parameters.

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