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Reconstructing a light pseudoscalar in the Type-X Two Higgs Doublet Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-10-11 v2

Abstract

We investigate the detectability as well as reconstructibility of a light pseudoscalar particle AA, of mass in the 50 - 60 GeV range, which is still allowed in a Type-X (lepton-specific) two-Higgs doublet scenario. Such a pseudoscalar can be pair-produced in the decay hAAh\to AA of the 125 GeV scalar hh. The light pseudoscalar in the aforementioned range, helpful in explaining the muon anomalous magnetic moment, has not only substantial branching ratio in the τ+τ\tau^+\tau^- channel but also one of about 0.35%0.35\% in the μ+μ\mu^+\mu^- final state. We show how to faithfully reconstruct the AA mass using the μ+μ\mu^+\mu^- mode, and establish the existence of a pseudoscalar around 50 - 60 GeV, using the process pphAAμ+μτ+τpp\to h \to AA\to \mu^+\mu^-\,\tau^+\tau^-. This is the most reliable way of reconstructing the light AA mass, and is possible for an integrated luminosity of about 100 fb1100~\rm{fb}^{-1} or less at 14 TeV, with a statistical significance that amounts to discovery.

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@article{arxiv.1707.07928,
  title  = {Reconstructing a light pseudoscalar in the Type-X Two Higgs Doublet Model},
  author = {Eung Jin Chun and Siddharth Dwivedi and Tanmoy Mondal and Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.07928},
  year   = {2017}
}

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v2: version published in PLB. 13 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

R2 v1 2026-06-22T20:56:42.136Z