Quark-universal $U(1)$ breaking scalar at the LHC

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Autores principales: Armbruster, Lorin, Dobrescu, Bogdan A., Yu, Felix
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Publicado: 2025
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author Armbruster, Lorin
Dobrescu, Bogdan A.
Yu, Felix
author_facet Armbruster, Lorin
Dobrescu, Bogdan A.
Yu, Felix
contents If the quarks or leptons are charged under a new $U(1)$ gauge symmetry, then besides a $Z'$ boson there must exist at least one new boson whose decay products include Standard Model particles. In the case of a minimal symmetry breaking sector, that new boson is a scalar $ϕ$ that couples to the $Z'$ boson as well as to the new fermions required to cancel the $U(1)$ gauge anomalies. The scalar may be produced at the LHC in association with a $Z'$ boson, or through $Z'$ boson fusion, while its decays are typically into four jets or two photons. We analyze in detail the case where the $Z'$ boson is leptophobic, and all the quarks have the same charge under the new $U(1)$. If $ϕ$ mixes with the Standard Model Higgs boson, then the new scalar can also be produced via gluon fusion, and the discovery mode is likely to be a diphoton resonance.
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spellingShingle Quark-universal $U(1)$ breaking scalar at the LHC
Armbruster, Lorin
Dobrescu, Bogdan A.
Yu, Felix
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
If the quarks or leptons are charged under a new $U(1)$ gauge symmetry, then besides a $Z'$ boson there must exist at least one new boson whose decay products include Standard Model particles. In the case of a minimal symmetry breaking sector, that new boson is a scalar $ϕ$ that couples to the $Z'$ boson as well as to the new fermions required to cancel the $U(1)$ gauge anomalies. The scalar may be produced at the LHC in association with a $Z'$ boson, or through $Z'$ boson fusion, while its decays are typically into four jets or two photons. We analyze in detail the case where the $Z'$ boson is leptophobic, and all the quarks have the same charge under the new $U(1)$. If $ϕ$ mixes with the Standard Model Higgs boson, then the new scalar can also be produced via gluon fusion, and the discovery mode is likely to be a diphoton resonance.
title Quark-universal $U(1)$ breaking scalar at the LHC
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06068