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Effects of Two Inert Scalar Doublets on Higgs Interactions and Electroweak Phase Transition

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-09-04 v2

Abstract

We study some implications of the presence of two inert scalar doublets which are charged under a dark Abelian gauge symmetry. Specifically, we investigate the effects of the new scalars on oblique electroweak parameters and on the interactions of the 125 GeV Higgs boson, especially its decay modes hγγ,γZh\to\gamma\gamma,\gamma Z, and trilinear coupling, all of which will be probed with improved precision in future Higgs measurements. Moreover, we explore how the inert scalars may give rise to strongly first-order electroweak phase transition and also show its correlation with sizable modifications to the Higgs trilinear coupling.

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@article{arxiv.1501.06605,
  title  = {Effects of Two Inert Scalar Doublets on Higgs Interactions and Electroweak Phase Transition},
  author = {Amine Ahriche and Gaber Faisel and Shu-Yu Ho and Salah Nasri and Jusak Tandean},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.06605},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 page, 8 figures