Composite Higgs bosons from neutrino condensates in an inverted see-saw scenario

TL;DR

This paper proposes a model where the Higgs boson is a neutrino bound state, incorporating an inverse see-saw mechanism with new fermions, achieving realistic particle masses and predicting testable scalar particles.

Contribution

It introduces a novel composite Higgs model based on neutrino condensates combined with an inverse see-saw mechanism, addressing mass conflicts and predicting new scalar particles.

Findings

Correct top and Higgs masses at sub-Planckian scales

Predicts new scalar particles accessible in experiments

Provides a natural low-scale neutrino mass mechanism

Abstract

We present a realization of the idea that the Higgs boson is mainly a bound state of neutrinos induced by strong four-fermion interactions. The conflicts of this idea with the measured values of the top quark and Higgs boson masses are overcome by introducing, in addition to the right-handed neutrino, a new fermion singlet, which, at low energies, implements the inverse see-saw mechanism. The singlet fermions also develop a scalar bound state which mixes with the Higgs boson. This allows us to obtain a small Higgs boson mass even if the couplings are large, as required in composite scalar scenarios. The model gives the correct masses for the top quark and Higgs boson for compositeness scales below the Planck scale and masses of the new particles above the electroweak scale, so that we obtain naturally a low-scale see-saw scenario for neutrino masses. The theory contains additional scalar particles coupled to the neutral fermions, which could be tested in present and near future experiments.