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Title: Models of little Higgs and electroweak precision tests

Abstract

The little Higgs idea is an alternative to supersymmetry as a solution to the gauge hierarchy problem. In this note, the author reviews various little Higgs models and their phenomenology with emphasis on the precision electroweak constraints in these models.

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Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
892453
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-05-554-T
arXiv eprint number hep-ph/0601126; TRN: US0700905
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Mod.Phys.Lett.A21:621-638,2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ACCURACY; HIGGS MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; Phenomenology-HEP

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Chen, Mu-Chun, and /Fermilab. Models of little Higgs and electroweak precision tests. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1142/S0217732306020020.
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Chen, Mu-Chun, & /Fermilab. Models of little Higgs and electroweak precision tests. United States. doi:10.1142/S0217732306020020.
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Chen, Mu-Chun, and /Fermilab. Sun . "Models of little Higgs and electroweak precision tests". United States. doi:10.1142/S0217732306020020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/892453.
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title = {Models of little Higgs and electroweak precision tests},
author = {Chen, Mu-Chun and /Fermilab},
abstractNote = {The little Higgs idea is an alternative to supersymmetry as a solution to the gauge hierarchy problem. In this note, the author reviews various little Higgs models and their phenomenology with emphasis on the precision electroweak constraints in these models.},
doi = {10.1142/S0217732306020020},
journal = {Mod.Phys.Lett.A21:621-638,2006},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006}
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