2006/06/10 by F. Sannino, Sannino, F.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0606128
Proceedings for the conference Rencontres de Moriond, Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, 11-18 march 2006 & IFAE 2006, Pavia, 19-21 Aprile 2006 & CAQCD06 Minneapolis, 11-14 May
arxiv created 2006/06/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Dynamical breaking of the electroweak theory, i.e. technicolor, is an intriguing extension of the Standard Model. Recently new models have been proposed featuring walking dynamics for a very low number of techniflavors. These technicolor extensions are not ruled out by current precision measurements. Here I first motivate the idea of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking and then summarize some of the properties of the recent models and their possible cosmological implications.