1. Exploring extended Higgs sectors via pair production at the LHC
- Author
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Cacciapaglia, G., Flacke, T., Kunkel, M., Porod, W., and Schwarze, L.
- Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
Higgs sectors extended by electroweakly charged scalars can be explored by scalar pair production at the LHC. We consider a fermiophobic scenario, with decays into a pair of gauge bosons, and a fermiophilic one, with decays into top and bottom quarks. After establishing the current bounds on simplified models, we focus on an SU(5)/SO(5) composite Higgs model. This first exploration demonstrates the need for dedicated searches at current and future colliders., 30 pages, 14 figures
- Published
- 2022