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A composite Froggatt-Nielsen model of flavor

A natural composite Higgs demands the presence of light resonances at the TeV scale, that in general are in conflict with bounds from flavor and CP violation. We propose a composite model with a Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism, that offers new possibilities for the origin of flavor. We analyse the interplay of partial compositeness and the horizontal U(1) symmetry in achieving the quark masses and mixing angles. We study the contributions to $ΔF=2$ 4-fermion operators, as well as to $ΔF=1$ and neutron dipole operators. We find scenarios in which the contribution to Left-Right and Right-handed operators involving the first and second generations can be suppressed, in particular for a region of parameter space it is possible to simultaneously suppress the mixed-chirality contribution to $K^0-\bar K^0$ mixing by one power of the Cabibbo angle, $λ_C$, and the dipole moments by $λ_C^2$ compared with anarchic partial compositeness, possibly making the resonances accessible at LHC. 4-fermion operators of $B_s$-meson mixing and Left-handed operators are not suppressed.