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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.

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.

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.

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.