SU(2) x U(1) Breaking by Vacuum Misalignment

Daniel Naredo Tuero will present SU(2) x U(1) Breaking by Vacuum Misalignment (David B. Kaplan, Howard Georgi, Phys.Lett.B 136 (1984) 183-186).

Currently two scenarios exist which explain SU(2) × U(1) breaking: the Higgs mechanism, and standard hypercolor schemes. In this paper, a third scenario called “oblique hypercolor” is proposed. A hyperquark condensate is formed which, although kinematically allowed to point in an SU(2) × U(1) preserving direction, is forced by Yukawa interactions of the hyperquarks to misalign by a small angle, breaking SU(2) × U(1). The low energy spectrum involves normal fermions with correct masses, a partially composite Higgs boson, and physical charged scalars.