Effective potential in ultraviolet completions for composite Higgs models.

We consider a class of composite Higgs models based on asymptotically free $SO(d)$ gauge theories with $d$ odd, with fermions in two irreducible representations, and in which the Higgs field arises as a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson and the top quark is partially composite. The Nambu-Goldstone coset containing the Higgs field, or Higgs coset, is either $SU(4)/Sp(4)$ or $SU(5)/SO(5)$, whereas the top partners live in two-index representations of the relevant flavor group ($SU(4)$ or $SU(5)$). In both cases, there is a large number of terms in the most general four-fermion lagrangian describing the interaction of third-generation quarks with the top partners. We derive the top-induced effective potential for the Higgs coset together with the singlet pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson associated with the non-anomalous axial symmetry, to leading order in the couplings between the third-generation quarks and the composite sector. We obtain expressions for the low-energy constants in terms of top-partner two-point functions. We revisit the effective potential of another composite Higgs model that we have studied previously, which is based on an $SU(4)$ gauge theory and provides a different realization of the $SU(5)/SO(5)$ coset. The top partners of this model live in the fundamental representation of $SU(5)$, and, as a result, the effective potential of this model is qualitatively different from the $SO(d)$ gauge theories. We also discuss the role of the isospin-triplet fields contained in the $SU(5)/SO(5)$ coset, and show that, without further constraints on the four-fermion couplings, an expectation value for the the Higgs field will trigger the subsequent condensation of an isospin-triplet field.