Aspects of a nonminimal conformal extension of the standard model

Abstract

In this article we investigate a conformal extension of the standard model in which the scalar sector consists of a standard model Higgs doublet, a real gauge singlet and a real $SU(2{)}_L$ triplet. Focusing on the scenario where the Higgs boson found at the LHC is identified as the pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson of broken scale invariance, various theoretical and phenomenological features of the model are discussed. In particular, we analyze the decay pattern of the new scalar resonance. We also show that when the mass of this new scalar resonance is far below the $WW$ threshold, the natural regions of the parameter space are reduced by a constraint associated with the symmetry enhancement due to the decoupling of the singlet scalar from the rest of the system.

14 pages, references added, version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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