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The SIMP Miracle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 171301

Introduces the SIMP paradigm in which the thermal relic abundance is set by 3-to-2 self-annihilations in a hidden sector that remains in kinetic equilibrium with the Standard Model. Predicts light (MeV-GeV) dark matter with sizable self-interactions.

Simplified Models for LHC New Physics Searches

J. Phys. G 39 (2012) 105005

A systematic catalog of simplified models for new-physics searches at the LHC, defining minimal effective Lagrangians with few new particles whose masses and cross-sections map directly to observable quantities. Output of the SLAC workshop on Topologies for Early LHC Searches.

Model Independent Bounds on Kinetic Mixing

Adv. High Energy Phys. 2011, 859762

Computes model-independent limits on new Abelian vector bosons kinetically mixed with Standard Model hypercharge, using data from e+e- experiments across the 1 GeV to 1 TeV mass range. Bounds the kinetic mixing parameter to epsilon < 0.03 for most masses studied.

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.

D-terms, Unification, and the Higgs Mass

JHEP 0606:034 (2006)

Shows that gauge extensions of the MSSM with non-decoupling D-terms can raise the Higgs boson mass while maintaining gauge coupling unification, with unification constraining the Higgs mass to below roughly 150 GeV and predicting new heavy gauge bosons at a few TeV.

One Loop Predictions of the Finely Tuned SSM

Phys. Rev. D 70:117703 (2004)

Computes one-loop predictions for split supersymmetry, finding the Higgs mass in the range 130-170 GeV for scalar masses above 10^6 GeV, and showing that 1% measurements of gaugino couplings could determine the SUSY breaking scale to within an order of magnitude.

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.

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.