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Title: Dynamical Higgs field alignment in the NMSSM

Abstract

Experimental probes of the recently discovered Higgs boson show that its behavior is close to that of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs particle. Extensions of the SM which include extra Higgs bosons are constrained by these observations, implying either the decoupling of the heavy non-standard Higgs particles or the realization of alignment, associated with vanishing mixing of the SM-like Higgs boson with the non-standard ones. Quite generally, alignment is not enforced by symmetry considerations and hence it is interesting to look for dynamical ways in which this condition can be realized. We show that this is possible in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), in which alignment is achieved for values of the coupling of the Higgs fields to the singlet field that become large close to the Grand Unification (GUT) scale. This, in turn, can be explained by the composite nature of the Higgs fields, with a compositeness scale close to the GUT scale. In this article we present this dynamical scenario and discuss its phenomenological properties.

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Oak Ridge Associated Univ., Oak Ridge, TN (United States); UChicago, LLC., Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) (SC-27; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
OSTI Identifier:
1607611
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OSTI ID: 1607970
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SC0014664; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-13ER41958
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Coyle, Nina M., and Wagner, Carlos E. M. Dynamical Higgs field alignment in the NMSSM. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.055037.
Coyle, Nina M., & Wagner, Carlos E. M. Dynamical Higgs field alignment in the NMSSM. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.055037
Coyle, Nina M., and Wagner, Carlos E. M. Mon . "Dynamical Higgs field alignment in the NMSSM". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.055037.
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title = {Dynamical Higgs field alignment in the NMSSM},
author = {Coyle, Nina M. and Wagner, Carlos E. M.},
abstractNote = {Experimental probes of the recently discovered Higgs boson show that its behavior is close to that of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs particle. Extensions of the SM which include extra Higgs bosons are constrained by these observations, implying either the decoupling of the heavy non-standard Higgs particles or the realization of alignment, associated with vanishing mixing of the SM-like Higgs boson with the non-standard ones. Quite generally, alignment is not enforced by symmetry considerations and hence it is interesting to look for dynamical ways in which this condition can be realized. We show that this is possible in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), in which alignment is achieved for values of the coupling of the Higgs fields to the singlet field that become large close to the Grand Unification (GUT) scale. This, in turn, can be explained by the composite nature of the Higgs fields, with a compositeness scale close to the GUT scale. In this article we present this dynamical scenario and discuss its phenomenological properties.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.101.055037},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 5,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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