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Constraining the 3HDM Parameter Space using Active Learning

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-07-17 v2

Abstract

One of the standard ways to study scenarios beyond the Standard Model involves extending the Higgs Sector. This work examines the Three Higgs Doublet Model (3HDM) in a Type-Z or democratic setup, where each Higgs doublet couples exclusively to a specific type of fermion. The particle spectrum of the 3HDM includes four charged Higgs bosons, two CP-odd scalars, and three CP-even scalars. This work investigates the allowed mass and coupling parameter space in the Type-Z 3HDM after imposing all theoretical and experimental constraints. We extract the allowed parameter space under three distinct alignment-limit conditions or mass hierarchies leveraging machine learning techniques. Specifically, we analyze scenarios where the 125 GeV Higgs is the lightest, an intermediary, or the heaviest CP-even Higgs boson. Our findings indicate that while a single lighter CP-even Higgs boson below 125 GeV still remains a possibility, the presence of two lighter Higgses is ruled out.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2504.07489,
  title  = {Constraining the 3HDM Parameter Space using Active Learning},
  author = {Nipun Batra and Baradhwaj Coleppa and Akshat Khanna and Santosh Kumar Rai and Agnivo Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.07489},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

27 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. (Version accepted for publication in Physical Review D)

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