Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-12-09
Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys.58:247-291,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
60 pages, 17 figures. Invited review article submitted to Progress of Particle and Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.ppnp.2006.04.001
This article reviews the Little Higgs models of electroweak symmetry breaking and their phenomenology. Little Higgs models incorporate a light composite Higgs boson and remain perturbative until a scale of order 10 TeV, as required by precision electroweak data. The collective symmetry breaking mechanism, which forms the basis of Little Higgs models, is introduced. An explicit, fully realistic implementation of this mechanism, the Littlest Higgs model, is then discussed in some detail. Several other implementations, including simple group models and models with T parity, are also reviewed. Precision electroweak constraints on a variety of Little Higgs models are summarized. If a Little Higgs model is realized in nature, the predicted new particles should be observable at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The expected signatures, as well as the experimental sensitivities and the possible strategies for confirming the Little Higgs origin of new particles, are discussed. Finally, several other related topics are briefly reviewed, including the ultraviolet completions of Little Higgs models, as well as the implications of these models for flavor physics and cosmology.
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