pNGB Higgs Naturalness at a Tipping Point

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Main Authors: McCullough, Matthew, Menkara, Adriana, Salvioni, Ennio
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Published: 2025
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author McCullough, Matthew
Menkara, Adriana
Salvioni, Ennio
author_facet McCullough, Matthew
Menkara, Adriana
Salvioni, Ennio
contents In scenarios where the Higgs is viewed as a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB) the question of naturalness finds itself, from a phenomenological perspective, at a tipping point between direct searches and precision. If, by the end of the High-Luminosity LHC operation, all experimental results were to remain consistent with the Standard Model, precision Higgs coupling measurements will begin to drive the naturalness tension. To illustrate this from a fresh perspective we construct a maximally natural `Kitchen Sink' model, throwing into the mix three approaches to symmetry-based naturalness: Supersymmetry, Twin Higgs, and pNGB Higgs models with a Gegenbauer potential. In other words, we build a `Supersymmetric Gegenbauer's Twin' model. This model not only maximises naturalness, at least from a technical perspective, but can also interpolate between all three ingredients smoothly, revealing the interplay between direct exploration and precision. Implications for FCC-ee and FCC-hh are discussed.
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spellingShingle pNGB Higgs Naturalness at a Tipping Point
McCullough, Matthew
Menkara, Adriana
Salvioni, Ennio
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
In scenarios where the Higgs is viewed as a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB) the question of naturalness finds itself, from a phenomenological perspective, at a tipping point between direct searches and precision. If, by the end of the High-Luminosity LHC operation, all experimental results were to remain consistent with the Standard Model, precision Higgs coupling measurements will begin to drive the naturalness tension. To illustrate this from a fresh perspective we construct a maximally natural `Kitchen Sink' model, throwing into the mix three approaches to symmetry-based naturalness: Supersymmetry, Twin Higgs, and pNGB Higgs models with a Gegenbauer potential. In other words, we build a `Supersymmetric Gegenbauer's Twin' model. This model not only maximises naturalness, at least from a technical perspective, but can also interpolate between all three ingredients smoothly, revealing the interplay between direct exploration and precision. Implications for FCC-ee and FCC-hh are discussed.
title pNGB Higgs Naturalness at a Tipping Point
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06052