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$W$-boson Mass Anomaly from High-Dimensional Scalar Multiplets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-10-27 v2

Abstract

In light of the recently discovered WW-boson mass anomaly by the CDF Collaboration, we discuss two distinct mechanisms that could possibly explain this anomaly through the introduction of high-dimensional SU(2)LSU(2)_L scalar multiplets. The first mechanism is the tree-level WW-boson mass correction induced by the vacuum expectation values of one or more SU(2)LSU(2)_L scalar multiplets with odd dimensions of n3n\geq 3 and zero hypercharge of Y=0Y=0 in order to avoid the strong constraint from measurements of the ZZ-boson mass. The second mechanism is to consider the one-loop level WW-boson mass correction from a complex multiplet. In particular, we focus on the case with an additional scalar octuplet with Y=7/2Y=7/2. As a result, we find that both mechanisms can explain the WW-boson mass anomaly without violating any other theoretical or experimental constraints.

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@article{arxiv.2307.12105,
  title  = {$W$-boson Mass Anomaly from High-Dimensional Scalar Multiplets},
  author = {JiaJun Wu and Chao-Qiang Geng and Da Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.12105},
  year   = {2023}
}
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