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On the new LHC resonance

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-03-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present an alternative interpretation within the Standard Model of the new LHC resonance at 125  GeV125 \; GeV. We further elaborate on our previous proposal that the resonance at 125 GeV could be interpreted as a pseudoscalar meson with quantum number JPC=0+J^{PC} = 0^{- +}. We develop a phenomenological approach where this pseudoscalar mimics the decays of the Standard Model Higgs boson in the vector boson decay channels. We propose that the true Higgs boson should be a heavy resonance with mass of 750GeV750 \, GeV as argued in Ref.~\cite{Cea:2012}. We determine the most relevant decay modes and estimate the partial decay widths and branching ratios. We also discuss briefly the experimental signatures of this heavy Higgs boson. Finally, we attempt a comparison of our theoretical expectations with recent data at s=13TeV\sqrt{s} =13 \,TeV from ATLAS and CMS experiments in the so-called golden channel. We find that the available experimental data could be consistent with the heavy Higgs scenario.

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@article{arxiv.1609.09612,
  title  = {On the new LHC resonance},
  author = {Paolo Cea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.09612},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

27 pages, 7 figures, final version

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