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Strange processes in general two Higgs doublet model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-11-09 v3

Abstract

In the general two Higgs doublet model (g2HDM) that has extra Yukawa couplings, we analyze their New Physics (NP) contributions to kaon mixing parameter εK\varepsilon_K, direct CP violation parameter ε/ε\varepsilon^\prime/\varepsilon, and rare K+π+ννˉK^+ \to \pi^+\nu\bar\nu, KLπ0ννˉK_L \to \pi^0\nu\bar\nu, and KL,Sμ+μK_{L, S} \to \mu^+ \mu^- decays. We study correlations between these observables, and call special attention to a unique complementarity of kaon mixing and rare KπννˉK\to \pi \nu\bar\nu decays in probing the exotic Higgs mass spectrum of g2HDM. The importance of kaon physics in probing NP vis-\`a-vis B physics is stressed. One unexpected feature we uncover is the special sensitivity of K+π+ννˉK^+ \to \pi^+\nu\bar\nu to TeV scale charged Higgs boson.

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@article{arxiv.2207.07030,
  title  = {Strange processes in general two Higgs doublet model},
  author = {Wei-Shu Hou and Girish Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.07030},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

26 pages, 10 captioned figures; v2: fixed typos; v3: added a brief discussion in section 5 about NP effects of down-type flavor violation. Accepted for publication in JHEP

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