The Conformal Window and Walking Technicolor

TL;DR

This paper explores the phase diagram of non-supersymmetric gauge theories, focusing on the conformal window and its implications for constructing realistic technicolor models, including a model with a dark matter candidate.

Contribution

It identifies the conformal window for higher dimensional representations and explicitly constructs two technicolor theories, one with a dark matter candidate.

Findings

Identification of the conformal window for certain gauge theories

Construction of two new technicolor models

Proposal of a dark matter candidate within one model

Abstract

I discuss recent progress in the uncovering of the phase diagram of non-supersymmetric gauge theories. The nature of the conformal window for higher dimensional representations suggests a possible way to construct realistic technicolor models. I then explicitly provide two such theories. One of these models also has a natural cold Dark Matter candidate.