Holographic Renormalisation and the Precision Electroweak Parameters

by Mark Round (Swansea University)

Thursday 14 Oct 2010, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

4/2-011 - TH common room (CERN)

We study the effects of holographic renormalisation on an AdS/QCD inspired description of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking. Our model is a 5D slice with AdS5 geometry containing a bulk scalar. The scalar field obtains a VEV which represents a condensate that triggers electroweak symmetry breaking. Fermion fields are constrained to live on the UV wall and do not propagate in the bulk. The two-point functions are holographically renormalised through the addition of boundary counterterms. Measurable quantities are then expressed in terms of well defined physical parameters, free from any spurious dependence on the UV cut-off. A complete study of the precision parameters is carried out and bounds on physical quantities derived. The large-N scaling of results is discussed.