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Possible mixing between elementary and bound state fields in the $t\bar{t}$ production excess at the LHC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-28 v6 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Recent report by CMS Collaboration on the excess of top and anti-top pair production is studied, under the hypothesis of the coexistence of a toponium (ηt)(\eta_t) and an additional elementary field (Ψ)(\Psi). We examine the scenario where toponium and an additional field are mixed, and consider the plausible scenarios in that case. Two scenarios are examined: one is the minimal model with Ψ\Psi close to the inert Higgs doublet, and the other is embedded into the two Higgs doublet models (2HDM), where Ψ\Psi is one of the two Higgs scalars after transforming the basis. The value of the each coupling constant is restricted by the Multicritical Point Principle (MPP). Consistency with the data gives constraints on a mixing angle θ (45θ45)\theta\ (-45^\circ\le\theta\le45^\circ), with which the mass eigenstate Ψ\Psi^\prime contributing to the excess is defined by Ψ=Ψcosθ+ηtsinθ\Psi^\prime=\Psi\cos \theta + \eta_t\sin \theta. The obtained results are θ13|\theta| \le 13^{\circ} for the minimum scenario, and θ1|\theta| \le 1^{\circ} for the second scenario of 2HDM(Type II and Y). We also briefly discuss the comparison with Type I and X.

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@article{arxiv.2510.16828,
  title  = {Possible mixing between elementary and bound state fields in the $t\bar{t}$ production excess at the LHC},
  author = {Yoshiki Matsuoka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.16828},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

18 pages, 2 figures, v2 corrected minor misprints, v3 found a mistake in the numerical calculation and have corrected it, v4, v5, v6 added some explanations