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Direct and indirect signals of natural composite Higgs models
We present a comprehensive numerical analysis of a four-dimensional model
with the Higgs as a composite pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson that features a
calculable Higgs potential and protective custodial and flavour symmetries to
reduce electroweak fine-tuning. We employ a novel numerical technique that
allows us for the first time to study constraints from radiative electroweak
symmetry breaking, Higgs physics, electroweak precision tests, flavour physics,
and direct LHC bounds on fermion and vector boson resonances in a single
framework. We consider four different flavour symmetries in the composite
sector, one of which we show to not be viable anymore in view of strong
precision constraints. In the other cases, all constraints can be passed with a
sub-percent electroweak fine-tuning. The models can explain the excesses
recently observed in , , and resonance searches by
ATLAS and CMS and the anomalies in angular observables and branching ratios of
rare semi-leptonic decays observed by LHCb. Solving the physics
anomalies predicts the presence of a dijet or resonance around 1 TeV
just below the sensitivity of LHC run 1. We discuss the prospects to probe the
models at run 2 of the LHC. As a side product, we identify several gaps in the
searches for vector-like quarks at hadron colliders, that could be closed by
reanalyzing existing LHC data.Comment: 74 pages, 21 figures. v2: references added, discussion in 3.2.6
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Violation of lepton flavour universality in composite Higgs models
We investigate whether the deviation from lepton flavour
universality in decays recently observed at the LHCb
experiment can be explained in minimal composite Higgs models. We show that a
visible departure from universality is indeed possible if left-handed muons
have a sizable degree of compositeness. Constraints from -pole observables
are avoided by a custodial protection of the muon coupling. The deficit in the
invisible width at LEP is explained in the same region of parameters.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. v4: discussion of invisible Z width adde
Electroweak symmetry breaking and collider signatures in the next-to-minimal composite Higgs model
We conduct a detailed numerical analysis of the composite
pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone Higgs model based on the next-to-minimal coset
, featuring an
additional SM singlet scalar in the spectrum, which we allow to mix with the
Higgs boson. We identify regions in parameter space compatible with all current
experimental constraints, including radiative electroweak symmetry breaking,
flavour physics, and direct searches at colliders. We find the additional
scalar, with a mass predicted to be below a TeV, to be virtually unconstrained
by current LHC data, but potentially in reach of run 2 searches. Promising
indirect searches include rare semi-leptonic decays, CP violation in
mixing, and the electric dipole moment of the neutron.Comment: 32 pages + appendices, 9 figures. v2: minor clarifications, matches
the JHEP versio
Tax reform and labour-market performance in the euro area: a simulation-based analysis using the New Area-Wide Model
In this paper, we employ a calibrated two-country version of the New Area-Wide Model (NAWM) currently under development at the European Central Bank to examine the potential benefits and spillovers of reducing labour-market distortions caused by euro area tax structures. Our analysis shows that lowering tax distortions to levels prevailing in the United States would result in an increase in hours worked and output by more than 10 percent. At the same time, tax reductions would have positive spillovers to the euro area’s trade partners, bolstering the case for tax reforms from a global perspective. Finally, we illustrate that, in the presence of heterogeneous households, distributional effects may be of importance when gauging the impact of tax reforms. JEL Classification: E32, E62DSGE modelling, euro area, Fiscal Policy, limited asset-market participation, tax reform
Status of the anomaly after Moriond 2017
Motivated by recent results by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations on the
angular distribution of the decay, we perform a
state-of-the-art analysis of rare meson decays based on the transition. Using standard estimates of hadronic uncertainties, we confirm
the presence of a sizable discrepancy between data and SM predictions. We do
not find evidence for a or helicity dependence of the discrepancy. The
data can be consistently described by new physics in the form of a four-fermion
contact interaction .
Assuming that the new physics affects decays with muons but not with electrons,
we make predictions for a variety of theoretically clean observables sensitive
to violation of lepton flavour universality.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. v3: numerics updated using v2 of
arXiv:1606.04731. Conclusions unchanged. Matches published version. Example
script available at https://github.com/DavidMStraub/paper-bkstarmumu-ans
Peter Straub: Supplementary Material For My Book
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Peter Straub: Pictures In The Fire
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