Benchmarks for new strong interactions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores potential new strong interactions at the LHC, proposing a 5D model framework to identify benchmark scenarios with distinctive resonance signatures for future discovery.

Contribution

It introduces a simplified 5D model with modified AdS geometry to analyze non-QCD-like strong interactions and identifies benchmark points with promising LHC phenomenology.

Findings

Two benchmark points with distinctive resonance signatures

Potential for discovering vector and axial resonances at the LHC

Framework accommodates deviations from rescaled QCD

Abstract

New strong interactions at the LHC may exhibit a richer structure than expected from simply rescaling QCD to the electroweak scale. In fact, a departure from rescaled QCD is required for compatibility with electroweak constraints. To navigate the space of possible scenarios, we use a simple framework, based on a 5D model with modifications of AdS geometry in the infrared. In the parameter space, we select two points with particularly interesting phenomenology. For these benchmark points, we explore the discovery of triplets of vector and axial resonances at the LHC.