Introducing the Little Higgs

Abstract

Little Higgs theories are an exciting new possibility for physics at TeV energies. In the Standard Model the Higgs mass suffers from an instability under radiative corrections. This ``hierarchy problem'' motivates much of current physics beyond the Standard Model research. Little Higgs theories offer a new and very promising solution to this problem in which the Higgs is naturally light as a result of non-linearly realized symmetries. This article reviews some of the underlying ideas and gives a pedagogical introduction to the Little Higgs. The examples provided are taken from the paper "A Little Higgs from a Simple Group", by D.E. Kaplan and M. Schmaltz.

Comments: 10 pages, 10 figs, Plenary talk "Physics Beyond the Standard Model (Theory)" at The 31st International Conference on High Energy Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 24--31, 2002