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Top Quark Seesaw, Vacuum Structure and Electroweak Precision Constraints

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present a complete study of the vacuum structure of Top Quark Seesaw models of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, including bottom quark mass generation. Such models emerge naturally from extra dimensions. We perform a systematic gap equation analysis and develop an improved broken phase formulation for including exact seesaw mixings. The composite Higgs boson spectrum is studied in the large-N_c fermion-bubble approximation and an improved renormalization group approach. The theoretically allowed parameter space is restrictive, leading to well-defined predictions. We further analyze the electroweak precision constraints. Generically, a heavy composite Higgs boson with a mass of ~1TeV is predicted, yet fully compatible with the precision data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0108041,
  title  = {Top Quark Seesaw, Vacuum Structure and Electroweak Precision Constraints},
  author = {Hong-Jian He and Christopher T. Hill and T. Tait},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0108041},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

73 pages, 26 Figures, Latex2e (minor refinements, one Fig added)

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