Top-Higgs and Top-pion phenomenology in the Top Triangle Moose model

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We discuss the deconstructed version of a topcolor-assisted technicolor model wherein the mechanism of top quark mass generation is separated from the rest of electroweak symmetry breaking.

• The minimal deconstructed version of this scenario is a "triangle moose" model, where the top quark gets its mass from coupling to a top-Higgs field, while the gauge boson masses are generated from a Higgsless sector.
• The spectrum of the model includes scalar (top-Higgs) and pseudoscalar (top-pion) states.
• In this paper, we study the properties of these particles, discuss their production mechanisms and decay modes, and suggest how best to search for them at the LHC.