Below-threshold CP-odd Higgs boson search via $A\rightarrow Z^*h$ at the LHC

E. Accomando , M. Chapman , A. Maury (1) , S. Moretti

1 Université Paris-Saclay

We study the process qq¯,gg→A→Z⁎h in a 2-Higgs Doublet Model Type-II where the mass of the CP-odd Higgs state A is lower than the rest mass of the Z and h particles (the latter being the Standard Model-like Higgs state discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012), i.e., mA

Mots clés: sensitivity; doublet; quark antiquark; gluon gluon; ATLAS; CMS; new physics; CP: violation; gauge boson: leptonic decay; Higgs particle: doublet: 2; bottom anti-bottom; CERN LHC Coll

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Phénoménologie [hep-ph]; Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]

E. Accomando, M. Chapman, A. Maury, S. Moretti. Below-threshold CP-odd Higgs boson search via $A\rightarrow Z^*h$ at the LHC. Phys.Lett.B, 2021, 818, pp.136342. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136342⟩. ⟨hal-02497862⟩