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Naturalness in the dark at the LHC

Journal

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 7, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2015)105

Keywords

Nonperturbative Effects; Global Symmetries; Effective field theories

Funding

  1. NSF [PHY-1358729, PHY-1315155]
  2. DOE [DE-SC003916]
  3. Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics
  4. Division Of Physics
  5. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1358729, 1315155] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We revisit the Twin Higgs scenario as a dark solution to the little hierarchy problem, identify the structure of a minimal model and its viable parameter space, and analyze its collider implications. In this model, dark naturalness generally leads to Hidden Valley phenomenology. The twin particles, including the top partner, are all Standard-Model-neutral, but naturalness favors the existence of twin strong interactions-an asymptotically-free force that confines not far above the Standard Model QCD - scale and a Higgs portal interaction. We show that, taken together, these typically give rise to exotic decays of the Higgs to twin hadrons. Across a substantial portion of the parameter space, certain twin hadrons have visible and often displaced decays, providing a potentially striking LHC signature. We briefly discuss appropriate experimental search strategies.

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