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(Not) Summing over Kaluza-Kleins
Models in extra-dimensions have unique features. Many of their surprising
properties simply result from the underlying 5D structure. This structure shows
up as ``Sum Rules'' involving the whole tower of Kaluza-Kleins. In this paper,
we present a holographic shortcut and derive these results without solving the
eigenvalue problem: we express 4D physical quantities directly in terms of the
5D metric. In warped space, one can go further and isolate the effect of the
new physics sector. This method can be used for any 5D model, and we apply it
here to the case of holographic QCD and technicolor
The role of spurions in Higgs-less electroweak effective theories
Inspired by recent developments of moose models we reconsider low-energy
effective theories of Goldstone bosons, gauge fields and chiral fermions
applied to low-energy QCD and to Higgs-less electroweak symmetry breaking.
Couplings and the corresponding reduction of symmetry are introduced via
constraints enforced by a set of non-propagating covariantly constant spurion
fields. Relics of the latter are used as small expansion parameters conjointly
with the usual low-energy expansion. Certain couplings can only appear at
higher orders of the spurion expansion and consequently, they become naturally
suppressed independently of the idea of dimensional deconstruction.
At leading order this leads to a set of generalized Weinberg sum rules and to
the suppression of non-standard couplings to fermions in Higgs-less EWSB models
with the minimal particle content. Within the latter, higher spurion terms
allow for a fermion mass matrix with the standard CKM structure and CP
violation. In addition, Majorana masses for neutrinos are possible. Examples of
non-minimal models are briefly mentioned.Comment: Some precisions added to section 3.4. Reference [13] added. To appear
in EPJ
Chiral Dynamics beyond the Standard Model
The SM Lagrangian without physical scalars is rewritten as the LO of a
Low-Energy Effective Theory invariant under a higher non linear symmetry
S_{nat} \supset SU(2)_W \times U(1)_Y. Soft breaking of S_{nat} defines a
hierarchy of non standard effects dominated by universal couplings of
right-handed quarks to W. The interface of corresponding EW tests with non
perturbative QCD aspects is briefly discussed.Comment: 6 pages, Tallk given at QCD06 Conference, Montpellier, France, 3-7
July 2006, to appear in the Proceeding
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