2005/02/28 by Jesse Thaler
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/07/024
published as JHEP 0507 (2005) 024 · 26 pages, 2 figures; v2: references added; v3: added section on vacuum alignment to match JHEP version
openalex publication_date 2005/07/14 · arxiv created 2005/09/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Inspired by the AdS/CFT correspondence, we show that any G/H symmetry breaking pattern can be described by a simple two-site moose diagram. This construction trivially reproduces the CCWZ prescription in the context of Hidden Local Symmetry. We interpret this moose in a novel way to show that many little Higgs theories can emerge from ordinary chiral symmetry breaking in scaled-up QCD. We apply this reasoning to the simple group little Higgs to see that the same low energy degrees of freedom can arise from a variety of UV complete theories. We also show how models of holographic composite Higgs bosons can turn into brane-localized little technicolor theories by "integrating in" the IR brane.