Probing the general 2HDM with flavor violation through $A \to ZH$

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Main Authors: Hou, Wei-Shu, Krab, Mohamed
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author Hou, Wei-Shu
Krab, Mohamed
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Krab, Mohamed
contents We investigate the LHC discovery prospects for a second Higgs doublet through $A \to ZH$ weak decay. The latter is identified as the $\textit{smoking gun signature}$ of two Higgs doublet models (2HDMs) with first-order electroweak (EW) phase transition, a necessary condition for EW baryogenesis. In the general 2HDM (G2HDM) that has flavor-changing neutral Higgs couplings, $H$ may decay dominantly via $t\bar c + \bar tc$ final states, giving rise to trilepton signals. By a phenomenological analysis, we show that $A \to ZH$ in $\ell^+ \ell^- t\bar c$ or $\ell^+ \ell^- \bar t c$ final states could be a promising probe of G2HDM at the LHC with flavor violation.
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spellingShingle Probing the general 2HDM with flavor violation through $A \to ZH$
Hou, Wei-Shu
Krab, Mohamed
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We investigate the LHC discovery prospects for a second Higgs doublet through $A \to ZH$ weak decay. The latter is identified as the $\textit{smoking gun signature}$ of two Higgs doublet models (2HDMs) with first-order electroweak (EW) phase transition, a necessary condition for EW baryogenesis. In the general 2HDM (G2HDM) that has flavor-changing neutral Higgs couplings, $H$ may decay dominantly via $t\bar c + \bar tc$ final states, giving rise to trilepton signals. By a phenomenological analysis, we show that $A \to ZH$ in $\ell^+ \ell^- t\bar c$ or $\ell^+ \ell^- \bar t c$ final states could be a promising probe of G2HDM at the LHC with flavor violation.
title Probing the general 2HDM with flavor violation through $A \to ZH$
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23133