TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalized skyrmions in QCD and the electroweak sector
AU - Ellis, John
AU - Karliner, Marek
AU - Praszalowicz, Michal
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - We discuss the stability and masses of topological solitons in QCD and strongly-interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking with arbitrary combinations of two inequivalent Lagrangian terms of fourth order in the field spatial derivatives. We find stable solitons for only a restricted range of the ratio of these combinations, in agreement with previous results, and we calculate the corresponding soliton masses. In QCD, the experimental constraints on the fourth-order terms force the soliton to resemble the original Skyrmion solution. However, this is not necessarily the case in strongly-interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking, in which a non-Skyrmion-like soliton is also possible. This possibility will be constrained by future LHC measurements and dark matter experiments. Current upper bounds on the electroweak soliton mass range between 18 and 59 TeV, which would be reduced to 4.6 to 8.1 TeV with the likely sensitivity of LHC data to the fourth-order electroweak Lagrangian parameters.
AB - We discuss the stability and masses of topological solitons in QCD and strongly-interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking with arbitrary combinations of two inequivalent Lagrangian terms of fourth order in the field spatial derivatives. We find stable solitons for only a restricted range of the ratio of these combinations, in agreement with previous results, and we calculate the corresponding soliton masses. In QCD, the experimental constraints on the fourth-order terms force the soliton to resemble the original Skyrmion solution. However, this is not necessarily the case in strongly-interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking, in which a non-Skyrmion-like soliton is also possible. This possibility will be constrained by future LHC measurements and dark matter experiments. Current upper bounds on the electroweak soliton mass range between 18 and 59 TeV, which would be reduced to 4.6 to 8.1 TeV with the likely sensitivity of LHC data to the fourth-order electroweak Lagrangian parameters.
KW - Beyond Standard Model
KW - Higgs Physics
KW - Technicolor and Composite Models
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876210249&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)163
DO - 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)163
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AN - SCOPUS:84876210249
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2013
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 163
ER -