2013/09/06 by Phạm Quang Hưng, Hung, Pham Q.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.1743
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The recent announcement of a discovery of a possible Higgs-like particle -its\nspin and parity is yet to be determined- at the LHC with a mass of 126 GeV\nnecessitates a fresh look at the nature of the electroweak symmetry breaking,\nin particular if this newly-discovered particle will turn out to have the\nquantum numbers of a Standard Model Higgs boson. Even if it were a 0+ scalar\nwith the properties expected for a SM Higgs boson, there is still the\nquintessential hierarchy problem that one has to deal with and which, by\nitself, suggests a new physics energy scale around 1 TeV. This article presents\na mini-review of one possible scenario: The formation of a fermion-antifermion\ncondensate coming from a very heavy fourth generation and carrying the quantum\nnumber of the the SM Higgs field and thus breaking the electroweak symmetry.\n