Spin-1 resonances as a signature of composite Higgs at the LHC

21 May 2013, 16:00
15m
Big Lecture Hall Mathematics (Bonn)

Big Lecture Hall Mathematics

Bonn

Speaker

Anna Kaminska

Description

This talk will focus on the consequences of electroweak symmetry breaking by strong dynamics, assuming the existence of a light composite scalar appearing as a pseudo- Goldstone boson of some global symmetry of the new strongly interacting sector. In such a scenario, the composite scalar has properties very similar to the Standard Model Higgs, but the existence of additional resonances with different spins is also expected. Properties and phenomenology of lightest spin-1 resonances will be considered in a simple general effective Lagrangian description. The question whether the effects of spin- 1 resonances can be observed at the LHC, shedding light on the nature of the Higgs boson, will be addressed.

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