Hunting a charged Higgs boson pair in proton-proton collisions

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Main Authors: Arroyo-Ureña, M. A., Herrera-Chacón, E. A., Rosado-Navarro, S., Salazar, Humberto
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author Arroyo-Ureña, M. A.
Herrera-Chacón, E. A.
Rosado-Navarro, S.
Salazar, Humberto
author_facet Arroyo-Ureña, M. A.
Herrera-Chacón, E. A.
Rosado-Navarro, S.
Salazar, Humberto
contents We explore the production and possible detection of a charged scalar Higgs pair $H^-H^+$ decaying into the final state $μν_μcb$ in proton-proton collisions at the LHC and its next step, the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). The charged scalars are predicted within the theoretical framework of the Two-Higgs Doublet Model of type III (2HDM-III). As a test and validation of the model, we identify regions of the 2HDM-III parameter space that accommodate the current excess of events at $3σ$ in the process $\mathcal{BR}(t\to H^{\pm}b)\times \mathcal{BR}(H^{\pm}\to cb)$ for $M_{H^{\pm}}=130$ GeV, as reported by the ATLAS collaboration. Theoretical and additional experimental constraints are also included. Based on this, we propose realistic scenarios that could be brought under experimental scrutiny at the HL-LHC. Assuming the most favorable scenario, we predict a signal significance at the level of $5σ$ for a charged scalar boson mass $M_{H^{\pm}}$ in the $100-350$ GeV range.
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spellingShingle Hunting a charged Higgs boson pair in proton-proton collisions
Arroyo-Ureña, M. A.
Herrera-Chacón, E. A.
Rosado-Navarro, S.
Salazar, Humberto
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We explore the production and possible detection of a charged scalar Higgs pair $H^-H^+$ decaying into the final state $μν_μcb$ in proton-proton collisions at the LHC and its next step, the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). The charged scalars are predicted within the theoretical framework of the Two-Higgs Doublet Model of type III (2HDM-III). As a test and validation of the model, we identify regions of the 2HDM-III parameter space that accommodate the current excess of events at $3σ$ in the process $\mathcal{BR}(t\to H^{\pm}b)\times \mathcal{BR}(H^{\pm}\to cb)$ for $M_{H^{\pm}}=130$ GeV, as reported by the ATLAS collaboration. Theoretical and additional experimental constraints are also included. Based on this, we propose realistic scenarios that could be brought under experimental scrutiny at the HL-LHC. Assuming the most favorable scenario, we predict a signal significance at the level of $5σ$ for a charged scalar boson mass $M_{H^{\pm}}$ in the $100-350$ GeV range.
title Hunting a charged Higgs boson pair in proton-proton collisions
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06036