Di-Higgs production via Axion-Like Particles

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Hauptverfasser: Esser, Fabian, Madigan, Maeve, Salas-Bernardez, Alexandre, Sanz, Veronica, Ubiali, Maria
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Esser, Fabian
Madigan, Maeve
Salas-Bernardez, Alexandre
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
author_facet Esser, Fabian
Madigan, Maeve
Salas-Bernardez, Alexandre
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
contents Due to the pseudo-scalar nature of the axion-like particle (ALP), the CP- conserving production of two Higgs bosons via the ALP necessarily involves an additional Z or $γ$ boson. We examine the existing constraints from di-Higgs searches at Run 2 of the LHC and find that, despite the presence of extra objects in the final state, these searches are sensitive to a combination of ALP couplings to gluons and three-bosons in the TeV scale range. Additionally, we propose a specialized search strategy incorporating an energetic leptonic Z boson. This refined ALP-induced production process would allow for the identification of the h h $\rightarrow$ 4 b-jet final state and could potentially probe the TeV scale using data from Run 2 of the LHC. This production process can also occur through a coupling between the top quark and the ALP. We translate the current constraints on di-Higgs production into new limits on the ALP-top coupling.
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spellingShingle Di-Higgs production via Axion-Like Particles
Esser, Fabian
Madigan, Maeve
Salas-Bernardez, Alexandre
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Due to the pseudo-scalar nature of the axion-like particle (ALP), the CP- conserving production of two Higgs bosons via the ALP necessarily involves an additional Z or $γ$ boson. We examine the existing constraints from di-Higgs searches at Run 2 of the LHC and find that, despite the presence of extra objects in the final state, these searches are sensitive to a combination of ALP couplings to gluons and three-bosons in the TeV scale range. Additionally, we propose a specialized search strategy incorporating an energetic leptonic Z boson. This refined ALP-induced production process would allow for the identification of the h h $\rightarrow$ 4 b-jet final state and could potentially probe the TeV scale using data from Run 2 of the LHC. This production process can also occur through a coupling between the top quark and the ALP. We translate the current constraints on di-Higgs production into new limits on the ALP-top coupling.
title Di-Higgs production via Axion-Like Particles
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08062