Probing the strong electroweak symmetry breaking in a model with a vector resonance

TL;DR

This paper explores how a vector resonance in a Higgs-less effective theory could be detected at the LHC, providing insights into strong electroweak symmetry breaking mechanisms.

Contribution

It introduces a model with a vector resonance in a Higgs-less effective Lagrangian and analyzes its potential signals in various LHC processes.

Findings

Potential signals identified in pp-> abX, ab=tar{t},bar{b},tar{b},W^+Z,W^+W^-

Provides a framework for probing strong electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC

Highlights the importance of resonance detection in understanding electroweak symmetry breaking

Abstract

We systematically study the possibility to probe the physics behind the electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC assuming new strong interactions being responsible for the effect. The new physics is described by the Higgs-less effective Lagrangian with a vector resonance in the particle spectrum, in addition to the Standard Model fields. We analyze signals of the resonance in the mixing-induced LHC processes pp-> abX, ab=t\bar{t},b\bar{b},t\bar{b},W^+Z,W^+W^-. At this level of our calculations we do not consider further decays of the quarks and of the gauge bosons.