Resonances and unitarity in composite Higgs models

TL;DR

This paper explores how unitarity constraints on W boson scattering in extended Higgs models imply the existence of new resonances above 300 GeV, linking effective couplings to potential new physics signatures.

Contribution

It establishes a relationship between anomalous Higgs couplings, unitarity constraints, and the presence of new resonances in composite Higgs models.

Findings

Unitarity constrains effective couplings in extended Higgs models.

Predicted new resonances above 300 GeV.

Potential experimental signatures of these resonances.

Abstract

The scattering of longitudinally polarized W bosons in extensions of the Standard Model with anomalous Higgs couplings to the gauge sector and higher order $O(p^4)$ operators is considered. The modified couplings should be thought as the low energy remnants of some new dynamics involving the electroweak symmetry breaking sector. By imposing unitarity and causality constraints on $W_LW_L$ scattering amplitudes we relate the possible values of the effective couplings to the presence of new resonances above 300 GeV. We investigate the properties of these new resonances and their experimental detectability.