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Title: Anatomy of exotic Higgs decays in 2HDM

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Sussex, Brington (United Kingdom)
  3. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)

Large mass splittings between new scalars in two-Higgs-doublet models (2HDM) open a key avenue to search for these new states via exotic heavy Higgs decays. We discuss in detail the different search channels for these new scalars at the LHC in the presence of a sizable mass splitting, i.e. a hierarchical 2HDM scenario, taking into account the theoretical and experimental constraints. Here, we provide benchmark planes to exploit the complementarity among these searches, analyzing their potential to probe the hierarchical 2HDM parameter space during LHC Run 2.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1289922
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-16-093-T; arXiv:1604.01406; 1444351
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2016, Issue 9; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 50 works
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