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SU(2|1) symmetry, algebraic superconnections and a generalized theory of electroweak interactions
1991
We discuss an extension of the standard model of electroweak interactions which incorporates the usual gauge fields and the Higgs fields in one generalized Yang-Mills field (or superconnection). It is shown that both this Yang-Mills field and the corresponding field strength (supercurvature) take their values in the real, graded Lie algebra SU(2|1). The lagrangian as obtained from this superconnection yields the standard model with interesting predictions for masses and couplings. The primordial, larger symmetry is realized as a hidden symmetry. The odd part survives in relations between couplings and masses, while the even part is broken to U(1)em, as usual, though in “reverse order” as co…
Supersymmetry in the standard model of electroweak interactions
1993
Abstract Starting from the peculiar chirality pattern of weak and electromagnetic interactions, established by experiment, we show that the minimal standard model contains supersymmetry, though in a new, unconventional, realization. It appears as an action on the fields but is not an invariance of the lagrangian. This supersymmetry which is not in conflict with experiment, is seen to be the raison d'etre of the Higgs fields and provides a geometrical understanding of spontaneous symmetry breaking. It turns out that this approach which is based on the fundamental role of left- and right-chiral spinor fields in weak interactions, has many similarities to models developed in the framework of n…
IMPLICATIONS OF A LARGE $Ht \bar{t}$-COUPLING FOR THREE-BODY DECAYS OF HIGGS BOSON AND TOP QUARK
1991
The three-body decays a heavy Higgs [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and of a heavy top t → bW+ H are studied in the context of the Standard Model. The common feature of these decay channels is the relative big coupling constant of the Higgs particle to the top quark. Indeed within a certain range of the masses M H , mt we find that branching ratios of the order O(10-3) are possible for the decays [Formula: see text] and t → bW+ H. The decay with [Formula: see text] as a function of M H and mt is investigated below the 2mt threshold (Mtt < 2mt) and is found to have an interesting behaviour just near this threshold.
Constraints on the Aligned Two-Higgs-Doublet Model and CP violation
2010
The Aligned Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (A2HDM) [Pich A. and Tuzon P. Yukawa Alignment in the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model. Phys. Rev. D80 , (2009), 091702. 0908.1554 ] describes a particular way of enlarging the scalar sector of the Standard Model (SM), with a second Higgs doublet which is aligned to first the one in flavour space. This implies the absence of flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNCs) at tree level and the presence of three complex parameters. Within this general approach, we analyze the charged Higgs phenomenology, including CP asymmetries in the K and B systems [Jung M., Pich A. and Tuzon P. Charged-Higgs phenomenology in the Aligned two-Higgs-doublet model 1006.0470 ].
Global fits in the coloured scalar model
2020
Abstract In this work we study the phenomenological constraints on the parameter space of scalars carrying colour quantum numbers. In particular we constrain the Manohar-Wise model based on the addition of a SU(2) doublet and SU(3) octet to the minimal Higgs model. The fits are performed using the open-source package HEPfit . We include both theoretical constraints, such as unitarity and perturbativity, and experimental constraints, like the ones coming from flavour and electroweak observables. For the first time we combine all these results and we are able to constrain the parameters of the potential, the Yukawa couplings and the masses of the scalars.
Beyond the dark matter effective field theory and a simplified model approach at colliders
2016
Direct detection of and LHC search for the singlet fermion dark matter (SFDM) model with Higgs portal interaction are considered in a renormalizable model where the full Standard Model (SM) gauge symmetry is imposed by introducing a singlet scalar messenger. In this model, direct detection is described by an effective operator m_q \bar{q} q \bar{\chi} \chi as usual, but the full amplitude for monojet + \not E_T involves two intermediate scalar propagators, which cannot be seen within the effective field theory (EFT) or in the simplified model without the full SM gauge symmetry. We derive the collider bounds from the ATLAS monojet + \not E_T as well as the CMS t\bar{t} + \not E_T data, findi…
Fermion masses and unitarity without a Higgs boson
2004
We discuss the consistency of fermion mass generation by boundary conditions and brane localized terms in higher dimensional models of gauge symmetry breaking without a Higgs boson. The sum rules imposed by tree-level unitarity and Ward identities are applied to check the consistency of mass generation by orbifold projections and more general boundary conditions consistent with the variational principle. We find that the sum rules are satisfied for boundary conditions corresponding to brane localized mass and kinetic terms consistent with the reduced gauge symmetry on the brane.
The decay η → π0h0 in two-higgs-doublet models
1991
The possibility of a light scalar in the framework of two-Higgs-doublet models is studied. The range of masses 100 MeV < mh0 < 2mπ is already excluded by present experiment bounds on the transition η → π0h0 in the model where the neutral component of one doublet couples to fermions with weak isospin T3 = −12 and the neutral component of the second doublet to fermions with T3 = +12. These bounds also constrain tightly the structure of the Yukawa couplings in two-Higgs-doublet models.
Absolute Lower Limits on the Masses of Selectrons and Sneutrinos in the MSSM
2002
The results of searches for selectrons, charginos and neutralinos performed with the data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV are interpreted in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model with R-parity conservation. Under the assumptions of gaugino and sfermion mass unification and no sfermion mixing, an absolute lower limit of 73 GeV/c2 is set on the mass of the lighter selectron at the 95% confidence level. Similarly, limits on the masses of the heavier selectron and of the sneutrino are set at 107 and 84 GeV/c2, respectively. Additional constraints are derived from the results of the searches for Higgs bosons. T…
Invariants and flavour in the general Two Higgs Doublet Model
2012
The flavour structure of the general Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) is analysed and a detailed study of the parameter space is presented, showing that flavour mixing in the 2HDM can be parametrized by various unitary matrices which arise from the misalignment in flavour space between pairs of various Hermitian flavour matrices which can be constructed within the model. This is entirely analogous to the generation of the CKM matrix in the Standard Model (SM). We construct weak basis invariants which can give insight into the physical implications of any flavour model, written in an arbitrary weak basis (WB) in the context of 2HDM. We apply this technique to two special cases, models with MFV…