Collider phenomenology of the 4D~composite Higgs model

Abstract

This Thesis is devoted to the phenomenological analysis at the large hadron collider (LHC), as well at a future electron positron collider, of the 4 dimensional (4D) composite Higgs model (4DCHM), a compelling beyond the standard model scenario where the Higgs state arises as a pseudo Nambu Goldstone boson. The motivations and the main characteristics of the model are summarised and then an analysis of the gauge and Higgs sectors of the 4DCHM is performed. Finally we propose a general framework for the analysis of models with an extended quark sector that we have applied to a simplified composite Higgs scenario.

arXiv commentPh.D. Thesis, University of Southampton, September 2014. 145 pages, 52 figures, 17 tables. This Thesis is mainly based on arXiv:1210.2927, arXiv:1212.4875, arXiv:1212.5948, arXiv:1302.2371, arXiv:1311.3305, arXiv:1405.0737

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