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New Physics hints from $\tau$ scalar interactions and $(g-2)_{e,\mu}$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-01-12 v3

Abstract

We consider a flavour conserving two Higgs doublet model that consists of a type I (or X) quark sector and a generalized lepton sector where the Yukawa couplings of the charged leptons to the new scalars are not proportional to the lepton masses. The model, previously proposed to solve both muon and electron g2g-2 anomalies simultaneously, is also capable to accommodate the ATLAS excess in ppSτ+τpp \rightarrow S \rightarrow \tau^{+}\tau^{-} with gluon-gluon fusion production in the invariant mass range [0.2; 0.6] TeV, including all relevant low and high energy constraints. The excess is reproduced taking into account the new contributions from the scalar H, the pseudoscalar A, or both. In particular, detailed numerical analyses favoured the solution with a significant hierarchy among the vevs of the two Higgs doublets, tβ10t_{\beta} \sim 10, and light neutral scalars satisfying mA>mHm_\mathrm{A} > m_\mathrm{H} with sizable couplings to τ\tau leptons. In this region of the parameter space, the muon g2g-2 anomaly receives one and two loop (Barr-Zee) contributions of similar size, while the electron anomaly is explained at two loops. An analogous ATLAS excess in bb-associated production and the CMS excess in ditop production are also studied. Further New Physics prospects concerning the anomalous magnetic moment of the τ\tau lepton and the implications of the CDF MWM_W measurement on the final results are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2302.05471,
  title  = {New Physics hints from $\tau$ scalar interactions and $(g-2)_{e,\mu}$},
  author = {Francisco J. Botella and Fernando Cornet-Gomez and Carlos Miró and Miguel Nebot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05471},
  year   = {2024}
}

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25 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables. Matches published version

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