Strong Top Dynamics in Light of LHC Data
Elizabeth H. Simmons Michigan State University
- EWSB and Strong Top Quark Dynamics - Models - States Connected to the New Dynamics - LHC Prospects - Conclusions
JLAB 4 April 2012 Looking Beyond the Standard Model
topcolor susy
extra dim.
Fundamental scalars observed? Hierarchy/Naturalness?
Triviality? Dynamics causing EWSB? EWSB and Strong Top Quark Dynamics Dynamical EWSB:
Technicolor: (inspired by QCD)
Introduce SU(N)TC with technigluons, inspired by QCD gluons
techniquarks carrying SU(N)TC charge:
• e.g. weak doublet TL = (UL, DL); weak singlet UR, DR • Lagrangian has SU(2)L x SU(2)R chiral symmetry
SU(N)TC gauge coupling becomes large at 1TeV TC • ! T L T R "≈ 250 GeV causes EWSB
• `technipions’ Π TC become the WL, Z L Susskind, Weinberg Dynamical Fermion Masses: ETC*
METC > TC
ETC boson technigluon
E.g. the top quark mass arises from:
gETC 2 and its size is ( ) !TT¯ " x (flavor-dependent factor) METC
Challenge: ETC must violate custodial symmetry to make mt >> mb. But how to avoid large changes to ? *Dimpoulos & Susskind; Eichten & Lane Isospin Violation (I)
mt = 172 GeV
References Isospin Violation (2)
Conclusion: t,b feel a Text new strong force not shared by other quarks References or technifermions Top Condensation and EWSB
If the top quark feels a new strong interaction, a top-quark condensate can provide some or even all of electroweak symmetry breaking v2 = f 2 + f 2 sin ! f /v TC t ⌘ t some (topcolor*, topcolor-assisted technicolor*) in these models the top quark feels an additional gauge interaction that causes top condensation
all (top mode^, top seesaw^^) in top seesaw models, a heavy partner quark T forms the condensate; the top quark mass eigenstate that we observe is a seesaw mixture between T and the standard model’s top quark gauge eigenstate
* Hill ^Bardeen,Hill &Lindner; Yamawaki; Miranski; Nambu ^^Chivukula, Dobrescu, Georgi & Hill Physical Realization: Topcolor
One physical realization of a new interaction for top is a (spontaneously broken) extended color gauge group: topcolor M SU(3)h SU(3)` SU(3) ⇥ ! QCD where (t,b) feel SU(3)h and (u,c,d,s) feel SU(3)l
Below the scale M, exchange of massive topgluons 4⇡ a 2 t¯ t yields four-fermion interactions among top quarks M 2 µ 2 ✓ ◆
Note: M >> 1TeV implies fine tuning Models
Hill hep-ph/9411426 Dobrescu & Hill hep-ph/9712319
Chivukula, Christensen, Coleppa, Simmons arXiv:0906.5667 Chivukula, Coleppa, Logan, Martin, Simmons arXiv:1101.6023 Topcolor-Assisted Technicolor (TC2)
technicolor: provides most of EWSB topcolor: provides most of mt hypercharge: keeps mb small C.T. Hill Pure Top Condensation?
The relationship between v, M, and mt when strong topcolor dynamics causes top condensation and EWSB
Pagels-Stokar formula (1979) in NJL approximation
175 Top Seesaw
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Dobrescu & Hill hep-ph/9712319; Chivukula et al. 9809470; Collins, Grant, Georgi 9908330; He, Hill, Tait 0108041 Effective Theory: “Top Triangle Moose”
Gauge structure: ψL0 f-constants of SU(2) × SU(2) × U(1) 0 ⌃01, ⌃12 are g0,g2 ! g1 g vp2 cos 01 Top-Higgs = v sin ! ~ ψL1 h i g 1 ψR1 Gauge boson spectrum: photon, Z, Z’, W, W’ g’ 12 (as in 3-site, BESS or HLS) 2 Fermion spectrum: t, T, b, B; similar for light tR2,bR2 quarks & leptons only top couples to Triangle Moose and Topcolor-Assisted TC
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