Composite description of standard-model particles

Finding the Higgs boson, a scalar particle of which there are experimental clues, would confirm the mass-generation mechanism in the standard model. The standard model successfully predicts mass values for the W and Z bosons that carry the short-range electroweak interaction. However, the scalar boson and fermion masses are unknowns as their masses arise from independent Lagrangian terms. The similar order of magnitude of the masses of the W, Z, top quark, and the recently measured scalar excitation, suggests connections among them. Here we present a composite model that describes these particles, based on their properties.