5–7 May 2014
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

A Higgs Discovery via Exotic Higgs Decays

6 May 2014, 15:15
15m
Benedum Hall G30 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G30

University of Pittsburgh

Speaker

Felix Kling (University of Arizona)

Description

Models of electroweak symmetry breaking, with an extended Higgs sector, are theoretically well motivated. In this study, we focus on the Two Higgs Doublet Model, with a low energy spectrum containing scalars $H$, a pseudoscalar $A$ and charged scalars $H^{\pm}$. We look at exotic decays of those extra Higgses into a light Higgs and a gauge boson: $A/H \rightarrow HZ/AZ$ and $H^{\pm} \rightarrow HW/AW$. With detailed collider analyses, we obtain the exclusion bounds as well as the discovery reach at the 14 TeV LHC and interpret these bounds in the context of the Type II Two Higgs Doublet Model.

Authors

Dr Baradhwaj Coleppa (University of Arizona) Felix Kling (University of Arizona) Shufang Su (University of Arisona)

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