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Collective Quartics from Simple Groups

JHEP 06 (2010) 041

Constructs Little Higgs models from simple groups that generate the Higgs quartic coupling through collective symmetry breaking, extending the theory-space approach to new group-theoretic structures.

e-e- Probes of the Littlest Higgs

Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 20 (2005) 7412-7422

Studies the potential of electron-electron collisions to probe the spectrum and couplings of the Littlest Higgs model.

Scalar Dark Matter from Theory Space

Phys. Rev. D 69:065022 (2004)

Investigates the scalar dark matter candidate in the Little Higgs theory-space model, performing a thermal relic density calculation and finding two viable mass regions — around 100 GeV and above 500 GeV — where the dark matter is an admixture of SU(2) triplet and singlet.

Little Higgs and Custodial SU(2)

Phys. Rev. D 69 (2004) 035002

Constructs a Little Higgs model with custodial SU(2) as an approximate symmetry, based on a modification of the Minimal Moose with SO(5) global symmetries. Achieves small contributions to precision electroweak observables with a breaking scale as low as 700 GeV and accessible TeV-scale partners.

The Minimal Moose for a Little Higgs

JHEP 0208:021 (2002)

Introduces the minimal theory-space construction for a Little Higgs model, where the Higgs is a pseudo-Goldstone boson protected from quadratic divergences by collective symmetry breaking. Predicts new TeV-scale partners for the top quark, gauge bosons, and scalars, with the entire Higgs potential generated by the top Yukawa coupling.

Mooses, Topology and Higgs

JHEP 0208:019 (2002)

Shows that the fundamental group of theory space determines all relevant classical physics in the low-energy theory of Little Higgs models, providing a systematic method for constructing theory spaces with any desired particle content and potential.

Phenomenology of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from Theory Space

JHEP 0208:020 (2002)

Works out the collider phenomenology and dark matter implications of the Little Higgs mechanism, predicting light Higgs doublets accompanied by new weak triplet and singlet scalars, heavy TeV-scale particles with distinctive decay signatures, and a new WIMP dark matter candidate from a discrete geometric symmetry.