Skyrmions in Composite Higgs Models in QCD
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The skyrmion Skyrmions in Composite Higgs Models in QCD Topology of composite Higgs models Marc Gillioz An example: the littlest Higgs model Relic density August 29, 2011 based on arXiv:1012.5288 and arXiv:1103.5990, in collaboration with Andreas von Manteuffel, Pedro Schwaller and Daniel Wyler 1/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Introduction SM ATLAS Preliminary CLs Limits σ / SM CMS Preliminary, s = 7 TeV The skyrmion σ Observed Observed σ -1 / Combined, L = 1.1-1.7 fb Expected ± 1σ int in QCD Expected σ ∫ Ldt = 1.0-2.3 fb-1 10 Expected ± 2σ 10 ± 1 σ LEP excluded Topology of ± 2 σ s = 7 TeV Tevatron excluded composite Higgs models 95% CL Limit on on Limit CL 95% 1 1 An example: limit on 95% CL the littlest Higgs model -1 Relic density 10 200 300 400 500 600 100 200 300 400 500 600 mH [GeV] Higgs boson mass (GeV/c2) Atlas collaboration (Lepton-Photon 2011) CMS collaboration (Lepton-Photon 2011) LHC data (and indirect evidence from previous experiments) points towards a light Higgs in the mass range 100–150 GeV. 2/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Introduction Any new physics above this scale contributes to The skyrmion in QCD the Higgs mass through radiative corrections. Topology of composite Higgs models need for a symmetry to protect it: An example: ⇒ the littlest Higgs model 1 SUSY: requires the introduction of a superpartner for each Relic density SM field. 2 Composite Higgs: the Higgs is a bound state of fermions from some strongly interacting sector, and it is light since it arises as a pseudo-Goldstone boson technicolor, little Higgs, holographic models, ... → 3/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Introduction The Higgs sector of composite models is described at energies The skyrmion in QCD below the cutoff Λ 4πf by a σ-model, Topology of ∼ composite 2 Higgs models f µ † L = Tr DµΦ D Φ , An example: 4 the littlest Higgs model with two consequences: Relic density 1 The fields described by Φ(x) are much lighter than the symmetry breaking scale f (they are the “pions” of the theory, in analogy with QCD) 2 The model may also contain topological solitons called skyrmions (the “baryons” of the theory) 4/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Outline The skyrmion in QCD 1 The skyrmion in QCD Topology of composite Higgs models An example: 2 Topology of composite Higgs models the littlest Higgs model Relic density 3 An example: the littlest Higgs model 4 Relic density of skyrmions 5/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 The chiral effective theory In the limit of massless quarks, QCD has a global SU(Nf )L SU(Nf )R chiral symmetry, broken down to The skyrmion × SU(N ) by a non-zero quark condensate qq = 0. in QCD f V Topology of composite Higgs models The low-energy degrees of freedom of QCD are the pions, An example: described by a σ-model the littlest Higgs model 2 Relic density fπ µ † LχPT = Tr ∂µΦ ∂ Φ , Φ(x) SU(Nf ). 4 ∈ In the two-flavour case N = 2, Φ = exp(i π σ/f ) and f · π L 1 π 2 1 π π 2 π2 π 2 χPT = ∂µ + 2 ∂µ ∂µ + ... 2 | | 6fπ | · | − | | 6/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Topological solitons The σ-model also contains topological solitons, the skyrmions: classical static solutions of the field equations, The skyrmion in QCD with finite size and finite energy, Topology of topologically stable, since they cannot be deformed into composite Higgs models the true vacuum by infinitesimal transformation. An example: the littlest Higgs model The presence of skyrmions in a theory depends on the topology Relic density of the vacuum manifold, described by the third homotopy group π3 of the target space. For QCD, π3(SU(Nf )) = Z . Winding number integral: 1 3 † † † Z B(Φ) = 2 ǫijk d x Tr Φ ∂iΦ Φ ∂jΦ Φ ∂kΦ . 24π ∈ 7/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 The Skyrme model of baryons B is actually the baryon number of the theory, and the The skyrmion in QCD skyrmions represent baryon states. Witten (1983) Adkins, Nappi, Witten (1983) Topology of composite Higgs models Higher-derivative terms are needed to stabilize the skyrmion. An example: G.H. Derrick (1964) the littlest Higgs model consider the Skyrme Lagrangian: Relic density → 2 2 L fπ µ † 1 † † = Tr ∂µΦ ∂ Φ + 2 Tr Φ ∂µΦ, Φ ∂νΦ 4 32e T.H.R. Skyrme (1961) With e 5, the baryons properties are reproduced with about ∼ 20% precision: mass, radius, magnetic moment, ... 8/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Topology of composite Higgs models The skyrmions in composite Higgs models can be fundamentally different from the QCD ones, because of the The skyrmion in QCD different topology of the vacuum manifold. Topology of Symmetry Models π3 composite Higgs models × “Minimal moose” models Arkani-Hamed et al. (2002) SU(N) SU(N) Z An example: SU(N) – with exact DM parity Freitas, Schwaller, Wyler (2009) the littlest Higgs model SO(N)×SO(N) – with custodial symmetry Chang, Wacker (2004) Z Relic density SO(N) “Bestest LH” Schmaltz, Stolarski, Thaler (2010) SU(2N)/Sp(2N) “Antisymmetric cond.” Low, Skiba, Tucker-Smith (2002) 0 SU(N)/SU(N − 1) LH from a simple group Kaplan, Schmaltz (2003) 0 a SO(N)/SO(N − 1) Min. Composite Higgs Agashe, Contino, Pomarol (2004) 0( ) Littlest Higgs Arkani-Hamed et al. (2002) (b) SU(N)/SO(N) Z2 – with T-parity Cheng, Low (2003) (a) (b) Bryan, Carroll, Pyne (1993) Z for N ≤ 4, Z4 for N = 3. 9/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Topology of composite Higgs models The skyrmion symmetry depends on its winding number: The skyrmion SU(N) SU(N)/SU(N) N. Manton (2011) in QCD × Topology of composite Higgs models An example: ··· the littlest 0 1 2 3 4 Higgs model ± ± ± ± SU(N)/SO(N), N 4 MG, von Manteuffel, Schwaller, Wyler (2010) Relic density ≥ 0 1 SU(3)/SO(3) MG (2011) 10/18 0 1 2 3 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 An example: the littlest Higgs model The littlest Higgs is described by a field Σ(x) in the two-index symmetric representation of SU(5), with a vev Σ = 1 The skyrmion breaking the symmetry down to SO(5): in QCD Topology of f 2 1 2 composite L µ † † † Higgs models LH = Tr ∂µΣ ∂ Σ + 2 Tr Σ ∂µΣ, Σ ∂νΣ 4 32e An example: the littlest we add the Skyrme term as in QCD. Higgs model → Relic density The field configuration of minimal energy with B = 1 is obtained using the Cartan embedding Σ(x)=Φ(x)Φ(x)T and a “hedgehog ansatz” σ iσ 0 1 i i Φ(x) = exp[i F (r)x ˆi Ti] , Ti = iσi σi 0 . 4 − 0 0 0 11/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 An example: the littlest Higgs model The energy density is a functional of F : ∞ f sin2 F The skyrmion E[F ] = 4π dr˜ r˜2 + 2sin2 F F ′2 + 2˜r2 + sin2 F in QCD e r˜2 Topology of 0 composite Higgs models minimized An example: Π the littlest by solving the Higgs model Euler-Lagrange 120 Relic density equation for F D e 80 f @ ⇓ F Π2 f dE M = 145.8 40 e 1.058 2 0 0 r2 = 0 1 2 3 4 5 fe r @1feD 12/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 The effects of gauge fields In the littlest Higgs model, the global SU(5) symmetry is The skyrmion explicitly broken by gauging a [SU(2) U(1)]2 subgroup. in QCD × Topology of composite Higgs models the skyrmion can decay with the help of an instanton. ⇒ An example: D’Hoker, Farhi (1984) the littlest Higgs model Still, the extremely small tunneling probability makes the Relic density skyrmion quasi-stable, with lifetime 2 2 e16π /g τ τ ∼ M ≫ universe Also, the gauge fields lower the mass of the skyrmion, without spoiling its spherical symmetry. 13/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Classical mass of the skyrmion Tends to M∞ = 145.8 f/e at large e Upper bound The skyrmion √ in QCD Me→0 = 16 2 πf/g ∼= 108.9 f Topology of composite Higgs models 200 An example: the littlest Higgs model 150 Relic density f 100 M 50 0 0.5 1 2 5 10 20 e 14/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Relic density of skyrmions The peculiar Z2 topology of the littlest Higgs implies that: skyrmions are produced and annihilated in pairs of The skyrmion in QCD identical particles, Topology of no need to generate an asymmetry to obtain a skyrmion composite Higgs models relic density in the universe. An example: the littlest Higgs model Skyrmion pair-production and annihilation cannot be computed Relic density perturbatively. A naive estimate for the cross-section: π σ π r2 = ∼ ∼ (fe)2 − 2 3·10 27cm3/s The WIMP relic density Ωh ∼= σv ∼= 0.1 is satisfied provided fe 35 TeV Griest, Kamionkowski (1990) ∼ a very natural choice of parameters! → 15/18 Marc Gillioz, Zurich PhD seminar 2011 Relic density of skyrmions Implementing an effective skyrmion-to-matter coupling in microMEGAs: B´elanger et al. (2011) Belyaev et al. (2006) The skyrmion in QCD 100 Topology of 50 composite Higgs models 20 An example: D the littlest 10 Higgs model TeV @ 5 Relic density M EXCLUDED 1 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 f @GeVD Coupling the skyrmion both to the scalar sector and to the fermions yield comparable bounds.