28 August 2011 to 2 September 2011
Fermilab
US/Central timezone
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Heavy Top Quark Production in the Bestest Little Higgs Model at the LHC

30 Aug 2011, 11:45
25m
D: Wilson Hall 1 North

D: Wilson Hall 1 North

Speaker

Kenneth Moats (Carleton University)

Description

Traditional Little Higgs models suffer from two generic problems. The first is that it is difficult to generate a Higgs quartic coupling without violating custodial symmetry and the second is the existence of fine-tuning in the top sector. These problems are solved in the Bestest Little Higgs model, which is based on an SO(6)xSO(6)/SO(6) coset space with a built-in custodial symmetry. A distinctive feature of this model is the existence of several top quark partners that are considerably lighter than in other Little Higgs models without T-Parity, leading to a more interesting collider phenomenology. In this talk, I explore the possibility that these top partners can be produced and discovered at the LHC.

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