Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the LHC on Supercomputers and in the Sky (Asymmetric Dark Matter)

TL;DR

This paper reviews models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking, focusing on minimal walking technicolor theories, their collider signatures, and their natural connection to asymmetric dark matter, which could explain cosmic ray excesses.

Contribution

It introduces ultra-minimal walking technicolor models based on recent phase diagram insights, linking electroweak symmetry breaking with asymmetric dark matter and cosmic ray anomalies.

Findings

Identification of collider signatures for minimal walking technicolor

Proposal of asymmetric dark matter as a natural outcome of these models

Potential explanation of cosmic ray excesses via decaying dark matter

Abstract

I briefly review the basic challenges and virtues of models breaking the electroweak symmetry dynamically. I will then introduce the (ultra) minimal walking technicolor models whose construction has been made possible thanks to recent progress in the understanding of the phase diagram for strongly coupled theories as function of number of flavors, colors and matter representation. I will mention possible relevant collider signatures. Interestingly, asymmetric Dark Matter is a natural possibility in our models providing interesting candidates for decaying Dark Matter models which have been explored to account for the PAMELA and ATIC excesses in electron/positron cosmic rays.