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STRONGLY COUPLED ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY BREAKING: IMPLICATIONS OF MODELS
We discuss the phenomenology of models of dynamical electroweak symmetry
breaking which attempt to generate the observed fermion mass spectrum. After
briefly describing the variety of and constraints on proposed models, we
concentrate on the signatures of colored pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons and
resonances at existing and proposed colliders. These particles provide a
possibly unique signature: strongly produced resonances associated with
electroweak symmetry breaking. (This is the subgroup report for the
``Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Beyond the Standard Model" working group of
the DPF Long Range Planning Study. This report will appear as a chapter in
``Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Beyond the Standard Model", edited by T.
Barklow, S. Dawson, H.E. Haber, and J. Siegrist, to be published by World
Scientific.
Baryon Number as the Fourth Color
We propose an extension of the Standard Model in which baryon number is
promoted to be part of a non-Abelian gauge symmetry at high energies.
Specifically, we consider the gauge group SU(4) x SU(2)_L x U(1)_X, where the
SU(4) unifies baryon number and color. This symmetry is spontaneously broken
down to the Standard Model gauge group at a scale which can be as low as a few
TeV. The SU(4) structure implies that each SM quark comes along with an
uncolored quark partner, the lightest of which is stabilized by the generalized
baryon number symmetry and can play the role of dark matter. We explore
circumstances under which one can realize a model of asymmetric dark matter
whose relic abundance is connected to the observed baryon asymmetry, and
discuss unique signatures that can be searched for at the LHC.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
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Searchable Signatures: Context and the Struggle for Recognition
Social networking sites made possible through Web 2.0 allow for unique user-generated tags called “searchable signatures.” These tags move beyond the descriptive and act as means for users to assert online individual and group identities. This paper presents a study of searchable signatures on the Instagram application, demonstrating that these types of tags are valuable not only because they allow for both individuals and groups to engage in what social theorist Axel Honneth calls the “struggle for recognition,” but also because they provide contextual use data and sociohistorical information so important to the understanding of digital objects. Methods for the gathering and display of searchable signatures in digital library environments are also explored
Morphological transformation of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group
In the Local Group there are three main types of dwarf galaxies: Dwarf Irregulars, Dwarf Spheroidals, and Dwarf Ellipticals. Intermediate/transitional types are present as well. This contribution reviews the idea that the present day variety of dwarf galaxy morphologies in the Local Group might reveal the existence of a transformation chain of events, of which any particular dwarf galaxy represents a manifestation of a particular stage. In other words, all dwarf galaxies that now are part of the Local Group would have formed identically in the early universe, but then evolved differently because of morphological transformations induced by dynamical processes like galaxy harassment, ram pressure stripping, photo-evaporation, and so forth. We start describing the population of dwarf galaxies and their spatial distribution in the LG. Then, we describe those phenomena that can alter the morphology of a dwarf galaxies, essentially by removing, partially or completely, their gas content. Lastly, we discuss morphological signatures in the Local Group Dwarf Galaxies that can be attributed to different dynamical phenomena. While it is difficult to identify a unique and continuous transformation sequence, we have now a reasonable understanding of the basic evolutionary paths that lead to the various dwarf galaxy type
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