Test of the Littlest Higgs model through the correlation among W boson, top quark and Higgs masses

TL;DR

This paper tests the Littlest Higgs model using recent precision measurements of W boson and top quark masses, analyzing their correlation with the Higgs mass to evaluate the model's viability.

Contribution

It provides a new analysis of the Littlest Higgs model's predictions in light of recent experimental data, constraining the symmetry breaking scale and heavy gauge boson masses.

Findings

Current data slightly favor the Littlest Higgs model over the Standard Model.

The global SU(5) symmetry breaking scale is constrained to be below 26.3 TeV.

Predictions for heavy gauge boson masses are derived from model constraints.

Abstract

Motivated by the recent precision measurements of the W boson mass and top quark mass, we test the Littlest Higgs model by confronting the prediction of M_W with the current and prospective measurements of M_W and M_t as well as through the correlation among M_W, M_t and Higgs mass. We argue that the current values and accuracy of M_W and M_t measurements tend to favor the Littlest Higgs model over the standard model, although the most recent electroweak data may appear to be consistent with the standard model prediction. In this analysis, the upper bound on the global SU(5) symmetry breaking scale turned out to be 26.3 TeV. We also discuss how the masses of the heavy gauge boson M_B in the Littlest Higgs model can be predicted from the constraints on the model parameters.