Technicolor Signals at the LHC
arXiv:0812.1841
Abstract
In this lecture I give an introduction to technicolor and extended technicolor theories. I discuss the issues models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking struggle with and propose how non QCD-like dynamics, such as a `walking' or nearly-conformal technicolor coupling, can invalidate many conventional arguments against technicolor. I provide a short discussion of AdS/CFT-inspired extra-dimensional (Higgsless) models and their similarities and differences with older 4D technicolor models. To conclude, a summary of some possible LHC signatures is given.
17 pages. Based on lectures at the 46th Course at the International School of Subnuclear Physics, Erice-Sicily: 29 August-7 September, 2008
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