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Towards testing a two-Higgs-doublet model with maximal CP symmetry at the LHC: construction of a Monte Carlo event generator

Authors :
Brehmer, J.
Lendermann, V.
Maniatis, M.
Nachtmann, O.
Schultz-Coulon, H. -C.
Stamen, R.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

A Monte Carlo event generator is constructed for a two-Higgs-doublet model with maximal CP symmetry, the MCPM. The model contains five physical Higgs bosons; the $\rho'$, behaving similarly to the standard-model Higgs boson, two extra neutral bosons $h'$ and $h"$, and a charged pair $H^\pm$. The special feature of the MCPM is that, concerning the Yukawa couplings, the bosons $h'$, $h"$ and $H^\pm$ couple directly only to the second generation fermions but with strengths given by the third-generation-fermion masses. Our event generator allows the simulation of the Drell-Yan-type production processes of $h'$, $h"$ and $H^\pm$ in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies. Also the subsequent leptonic decays of these bosons into the $\mu^+ \mu^-$, $\mu^+ \nu_\mu$ and $\mu^- \bar \nu_\mu$ channels are studied as well as the dominant background processes. We estimate the integrated luminosities needed in $p p$ collisions at center-of-mass energies of 8 TeV and 14 TeV for significant observations of the Higgs bosons $h'$, $h"$ and $H^\pm$ in these muonic channels.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1209.2537
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2380-3