Top partners searches and composite Higgs models

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics Vol. 2016; no. 4; pp. 1 - 33
• Main Authors: Matsedonskyi, Oleksii, Panico, Giuliano, Wulzer, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Assessments; Benchmarking; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Elementary Particles; Formalism; High energy physics; Impact analysis; Large Hadron Collider; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; Relativity Theory; Searching; Signatures; String Theory; Two dimensional; Beyond Standard Model; Technicolor and Composite Models; Effective field theories
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2016)003

A bstract Colored fermionic partners of the top quark are well-known signatures of the Composite Higgs scenario and for this reason they have been and will be subject of an intensive experimental study at the LHC. Performing an assessment of the theoretical implications of this experimental effort is the goal of the present paper. We proceed by analyzing a set of simple benchmark models, characterized by simple two-dimensional parameter spaces where the results of the searches are conveniently visualized and their impact quantified. We only draw exclusion contours, in the hypothesis of no signal, but of course our formalism could equally well be used to report discoveries in a theoretically useful format.