TY - JOUR
T1 - Holographic conformal transition and light scalars
AU - Pomarol, Alex
AU - Pujolas, Oriol
AU - Salas, Lindber
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - © 2019, The Author(s). We present an holographic approach to strongly-coupled theories close to the conformal to non-conformal transition, trying to understand the presence of light scalars as recent lattice simulations seem to suggest. We find that the dilaton is always the lightest resonance, although not parametrically lighter than the others. We provide a simple analytic formula for the dilaton mass that allows us to understand this behavior. The pattern of the meson mass spectrum, as we get close to the conformal transition, is found to be quite similar to that in lattice simulations. We provide further predictions from holography that can be checked in the future. These five-dimensional models can also implement new solutions to the hierarchy problem, having implications for searches at the LHC and cosmology.
AB - © 2019, The Author(s). We present an holographic approach to strongly-coupled theories close to the conformal to non-conformal transition, trying to understand the presence of light scalars as recent lattice simulations seem to suggest. We find that the dilaton is always the lightest resonance, although not parametrically lighter than the others. We provide a simple analytic formula for the dilaton mass that allows us to understand this behavior. The pattern of the meson mass spectrum, as we get close to the conformal transition, is found to be quite similar to that in lattice simulations. We provide further predictions from holography that can be checked in the future. These five-dimensional models can also implement new solutions to the hierarchy problem, having implications for searches at the LHC and cosmology.
KW - Beyond Standard Model
KW - Conformal Field Theory
KW - Large Extra Dimensions
KW - Technicolor and Composite Models
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP10(2019)202
DO - 10.1007/JHEP10(2019)202
M3 - Article
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2019
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
M1 - 202
ER -