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arxiv: 0901.4354 · v2 · submitted 2009-01-28 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-th

Dynamics behind the quark mass hierarchy

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keywords massquarkclassdynamicsewsbhierarchyhorizontalinteractions
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We introduce a new class of models describing the quark mass hierarchy. In this class, the dynamics primarily responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) leads to the mass spectrum of quarks with no (or weak) isospin violation. Moreover, the values of these masses are of the order of the observed masses of the down-type quarks. Then, strong (although subcritical) horizontal diagonal interactions for the $t$ quark plus horizontal flavor-changing neutral interactions between different families lead (with no fine tuning) to a realistic quark mass spectrum. In this scenario, many composite Higgs bosons occur. A concrete model with the dynamical EWSB with the fourth family is described in detail.

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