Strong dynamics, composite Higgs and the conformal window

Abstract

We review recent progress in the lattice investigations of near-conformal non-abelian gauge theories relevant for dynamical symmetry breaking and model building of composite Higgs models. The emphasis is placed on the mass spectrum and the running renormalized coupling. The role of a light composite scalar isosinglet particle as a composite Higgs particle is highlighted.

Comments: 28 pages, 1 figure. Invited review for IJMPA special issue "Lattice gauge theories beyond QCD."