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Review of LHC experimental results on low mass bosons in multi Higgs models

  • R. Aggleton
  • D. Barducci
  • N.-E. Bomark
  • S. Moretti
  • C. Shepherd-Themistocleous
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A variety of searches have been performed at the LHC using Run I data, looking for decays of the discovered Higgs boson, h 125, decaying to a pair of low mass bosons, with mass in the range \( 2{m}_{\mu }-{m}_{h_{125}}/2\simeq 62 \) GeV. We summarise the most pertinent ones, and look at how their limits affect a variety of supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric models which can give rise to such light bosons: the 2HDM (Types I and II), the NMSSM, and the nMSSM.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • R. Aggleton
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  • D. Barducci
    • 4
  • N.-E. Bomark
    • 5
  • S. Moretti
    • 1
    • 2
  • C. Shepherd-Themistocleous
    • 1
  1. 1.Particle Physics DepartmentRutherford Appleton LaboratoryOxonU.K.
  2. 2.School of Physics & AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonU.K.
  3. 3.H. H. Wills Physics LaboratoryBristol UniversityBristolU.K.
  4. 4.LAPTh, Université Savoie Mont BlancAnnecy-le-VieuxFrance
  5. 5.Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway

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