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Constraints on heavy colored scalars from Tevatron's Higgs exclusion limit

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-05-13 v2

Abstract

The null search for the Higgs boson at the Tevatron implies strong constraints on heavy colored particles that increase the gluon-fusion induced production rate of the Higgs. We investigate the implications of the Tevatron exclusion limit on example extensions of the Standard Model that contain a new scalar state transforming as either an adjoint or a fundamental under the QCD gauge group. The bounds on the adjoint (fundamental) scalar mass exceed 200 GeV (100 GeV) for natural choices of scalar-sector parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1101.3769,
  title  = {Constraints on heavy colored scalars from Tevatron's Higgs exclusion limit},
  author = {Radja Boughezal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3769},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, matches the version accepted for publication in PRD