Nearly Conformal Composite Higgs Model.

We analyze a composite Higgs model based on the confining SU(3) gauge theory with N_{f}=8 Dirac fermions in the fundamental representation. This gauge theory has been studied on the lattice and shown to be well described by a dilaton effective field theory (EFT). Here we modify the EFT by assigning standard-model quantum numbers such that four of the composite pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB) fields form the standard-model Higgs doublet, by coupling it to the top quark and by adding to the potential a term that triggers electroweak symmetry breaking.

Lattice study of the conformal window in QCD-like theories.

We study the extent of the conformal window for an SU(3) gauge theory with N{f} Dirac fermions in the fundamental representation. We present lattice evidence for 12 View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Dynamical symmetry breaking of extended gauge symmetries.

We construct asymptotically free gauge theories exhibiting dynamical breaking of the left-right gauge group G(LR)=SU(3)(c) x SU(2)(L) x SU(2)(R) x U(1)(B-L), and its extension to the Pati-Salam gauge group G(422)=SU(4)(PS) x SU(2)(L) x SU(2)(R). The models incorporate technicolor for electroweak breaking, and extended technicolor for the breaking of G(LR) and G422 and the generation of fermion masses. They include a seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses, without a grand unified theory (GUT) scale.