125 GeV Higgs from a not so light Technicolor Scalar

TL;DR

This paper explores how a technicolor isosinglet scalar could explain the 125 GeV Higgs-like resonance, emphasizing the role of radiative corrections and spectrum conditions in technicolor theories.

Contribution

It introduces a framework for understanding the technicolor Higgs mass through scaling laws and discusses the impact of walking dynamics on its properties.

Findings

Radiative corrections lower the technicolor Higgs mass towards 125 GeV.

Spectrum conditions can produce a technicolor Higgs with the observed mass.

Walking dynamics may influence the technicolor Higgs phenomenology.

Abstract

Assuming that the observed Higgs-like resonance at the Large Hadron Collider is a technicolor isosinglet scalar (the technicolor Higgs), we argue that the standard model top-induced radiative corrections reduce its dynamical mass towards the desired experimental value. We then discuss conditions for the spectrum of technicolor theories to feature a technicolor Higgs with the phenomenologically required dynamical mass. We use scaling laws coming from modifying the technicolor matter representation, number of technicolors, techniflavors as well as the number of doublets gauged under the electroweak theory. Finally we briefly summarize the potential effects of walking dynamics on the technicolor Higgs.