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LHC bounds on coloured scalars

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-01-08 v2

Abstract

We analyze the constraints on coloured scalar bosons imposed by the current LHC data at s=13\sqrt{s}=13 TeV. Specifically, we consider an additional electroweak doublet of colour-octet scalars, satisfying the principle of Minimal Flavour Violation in order to fulfill the stringent experimental limits on flavour-changing neutral currents. We demonstrate that coloured scalars with masses below 800 GeV are already excluded, provided they are not fermiophobic.

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@article{arxiv.1910.07947,
  title  = {LHC bounds on coloured scalars},
  author = {Víctor Miralles and Antonio Pich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07947},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Version published at Physical Review D

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