Higgs physics beyond the SM: the non-linear EFT approach

Abstract

Depending on whether electroweak physics beyond the Standard Model is based on a linear or on a non-linear implementation of the electroweak symmetry breaking, a linear or a chiral Effective Lagrangian is more appropriate. In this talk, the main low-energy signals that allow to recognize whether the observed Higgs scalar is a dynamical (composite) particle or rather an elementary one are presented, in a model-independent way. The patterns of effective couplings produced upon the assumption of specific composite Higgs models are also discussed.

Comments: 8 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings of the talk given at the XXIXth Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d'Aoste, La Thuile (Italy), March 2015