TASI Lectures on a Holographic View of Beyond the Standard Model Physics

TL;DR

This paper introduces the holographic approach to beyond the Standard Model physics using warped extra dimensions and AdS/CFT correspondence, offering insights into strong dynamics and hierarchy problems.

Contribution

It provides an accessible introduction to holographic models for BSM physics, connecting 5D warped geometries with 4D strongly coupled theories.

Findings

Holographic models address electroweak and supersymmetry breaking hierarchies.

The framework explains fermion mass spectrum in BSM scenarios.

Provides a dictionary linking 5D warped space to 4D strongly coupled theories.

Abstract

We provide an introduction to the physics of a warped extra dimension and the AdS/CFT correspondence. An AdS/CFT dictionary is given which leads to a 4D holographic view of the 5th dimension. With a particular emphasis on beyond the standard model physics, this provides a window into the strong dynamics associated with either electroweak symmetry breaking or supersymmetry breaking. In this way hierarchies associated with either the electroweak or supersymmetry breaking scale, together with the fermion mass spectrum, can be addressed in a consistent framework.