How to rule out Little Higgs (and constrain many other models) at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper discusses methods to discover or exclude W' bosons at the LHC, providing a way to test Little Higgs models and other theories by analyzing collider data.

Contribution

It introduces a framework for ruling out or confirming W' bosons across various models, including Little Higgs, based on LHC data.

Findings

W' bosons can be discovered or excluded in 1 year at the LHC.

95% confidence-level exclusions are achievable for multiple models.

Entire parameter space of Little Higgs models can be tested.

Abstract

In this talk I describe how to discover or rule out the existence of W^{prime} bosons at the CERN Large Hadron Collider as a function of arbitrary couplings and W^{prime} masses. If W^{prime} bosons are not found, I demonstrate the 95% confidence-level exclusions that can be reached for several classes of models. In particular, W^{prime} bosons in the entire reasonable parameter space of Little Higgs models can be discovered or excluded in 1 year at the LHC.