Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2011-12-16
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have recently shown data suggesting the presence of a Higgs boson in the vicinity of $125 $GeV. We show that a two-Higgs doublet model spectrum, with the pseudo-scalar state being the lightest, could be responsible for the diphoton signal events. In this model, the other scalars are considerably heavier and are not excluded by the current LHC data. If this assumption is correct, future LHC data should show a strengthening of the $\gamma\gamma$ signal, while the signals in the $ZZ^{(*)}\to 4\ell $ and $WW^{(*)}\to 2\ell 2\nu$ channels should diminish and eventually disappear, due to the absence of diboson tree-level couplings of the CP-odd state. The heavier CP-even neutral scalars can now decay into channels involving the CP-odd light scalar which, together with their larger masses, allow them to avoid the existing bounds on Higgs searches. We suggest additional signals to confirm this scenario at the LHC, in the decay channels of the heavier scalars into $AA$ and $AZ$. Finally, this inverted two-Higgs doublet spectrum is characteristic in models where fermion condensation leads to electroweak symmetry breaking. We show that in these theories it is possible to obtain the observed diphoton signal at or somewhat above of the prediction for the standard model Higgs for the typical values of the parameters predicted, as long as the additional fermions are colorless.
Burdman Gustavo
Haluch Carlos
Matheus Ricardo
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