Francesco Sannino (Odense):

Composite Dynamics for Electroweak Physics, Dark Matter and Inflation

Abstract:

I will introduce models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking and their present and future impact on LHC physics. I will start by reviewing what LHC has not seen and the main challenges of models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking. To overcome some of these problems we need a better understanding of strong dynamics. I will therefore review the state-of-the-art of the phase diagram of strongly coupled theories as function of the number of flavors, colors and matter representation. I will then show how these models can also lead to natural dark matter candidates able to provide a simple resolution to current experimental observations. It times allows it I will show how to use strong dynamics to construct models of composite inflation.

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