Anatomy of a Composite Higgs Model

Oct, 1984
28 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 254 (1985) 299-326
  • Published: 1985
Report number:
  • HUTP-84/A073

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
In this paper we explain how to construct models where the weak interactions are broken by the composite Higgs mechanism. Such theories differ markedly from SU(2) × U(1) breaking scenarios that involve either fundamental scalars or technicolor. The low-energy spectrum of such theories include a composite Higgs boson, as well as exotic composite scalars and a new massive U(1) gauge boson. We analyze in detail the working of the SU(5)/SO(5) composite Higgs model, previously described by two of the authors, in order to acquaint the reader with the generic traits of such theories.
  • MODEL: HIGGS
  • MODEL: COMPOSITE
  • SYMMETRY BREAKING: SU(2) X U(1)
  • SYMMETRY: SU(5)
  • SYMMETRY: SO(5)
  • POTENTIAL
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: GOLDSTONE BOSON
  • MASS: GOLDSTONE BOSON
  • GOLDSTONE BOSON: MASS
  • NEUTRAL CURRENT