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6D Higgsless Standard Model

We present a 6D Higgsless Standard Model with a realistic gauge sector. The model uses only the Standard Model gauge group SU(2)xU(1) with the gauge bosons propagating in flat extra dimensions which are compactified on a rectangle. The electroweak symmetry is broken by boundary conditions, and the correct splitting between the W and Z boson masses can be arranged by a suitable choice of the compactification scales. The higher Kaluza-Klein excitations of the gauge bosons decouple from the low-energy theory due to dominant brane kinetic terms. The model has the following two key features compared to 5D models. The bulk kinetic couplings, responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking using mixed boundary conditions, are of order the electroweak scale. Moreover, the agreement with the precision electroweak parameters is improved compared to 5D warped or flat models. We also argue that the calculability of Higgsless models can be ameliorated in more than five dimensions.