On the new LHC resonance
Abstract
We present an alternative interpretation within the Standard Model of the new LHC resonance at . We further elaborate on our previous proposal that the resonance at 125 GeV could be interpreted as a pseudoscalar meson with quantum number . We develop a phenomenological approach where this pseudoscalar mimics the decays of the Standard Model Higgs boson in the vector boson decay channels. We propose that the true Higgs boson should be a heavy resonance with mass of as argued in Ref.~\cite{Cea:2012}. We determine the most relevant decay modes and estimate the partial decay widths and branching ratios. We also discuss briefly the experimental signatures of this heavy Higgs boson. Finally, we attempt a comparison of our theoretical expectations with recent data at from ATLAS and CMS experiments in the so-called golden channel. We find that the available experimental data could be consistent with the heavy Higgs scenario.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.09612,
title = {On the new LHC resonance},
author = {Paolo Cea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.09612},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
27 pages, 7 figures, final version