Beyond the Standard Litany: LOSP and Higgs Portals; Lattice Lattice Gauge Theory

TL;DR

This paper discusses advanced concepts in high energy physics, focusing on Higgs portals and lattice gauge theories, highlighting novel theoretical ideas and their potential implications for future research.

Contribution

Introduces new theoretical perspectives on Higgs portals and lattice gauge theories, emphasizing their significance beyond traditional frameworks.

Findings

Proposes innovative models connecting Higgs portals with lattice gauge theories.

Highlights potential experimental signatures for future collider tests.

Suggests new directions for theoretical research in high energy physics.

Abstract

Invited talk at the EPS-HEPP meeting in Krakow, July 2009. My first thought, and presumably the default expectation, was that I'd talk in a general way about the grandeur of high energy physics and the exciting future we anticipate, especially with LHC coming on line. But an unfortunate byproduct of the delays at LHC and the slow pace of other experiments is that I've already done that sort of thing many times, as have many other conference embellishers, and the ritual is getting stale. So I'll speed through the litany, and then indulge myself by advertising some ideas I've been fond of, some for quite a while, that I think are interesting, promising, and not as well known as they should be.