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Interpreting the 3 TeV WH resonance as a W′ boson

  • Kingman Cheung
  • Wai-Yee Keung
  • Chih-Ting Lu
  • Po-Yan Tseng
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Motivated by a local 3.2 − 3.4 sigma resonance in WH and ZH in the ATLAS Run 2 data, we attempt to interpret the excess in terms of a W′ boson in a SU(2)1 × SU(2)2×U(1)X model. We stretch the deviation from the alignment limit of the Equivalence Theorem, so as to maximize WH production while keeping the WZ production rate below the experimental limit. We found a viable though small region of parameter space that satisfies all existing constraints on \( {W}^{\prime}\to jj,t\overline{b},WZ \), as well as the precision Higgs data. The cross section of W′ → WH that we obtain is about 5 − 6 fb.

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Phenomenology of Large extra dimensions Supersymmetry Phenomenology 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kingman Cheung
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  • Wai-Yee Keung
    • 1
    • 4
    • 5
  • Chih-Ting Lu
    • 2
  • Po-Yan Tseng
    • 6
  1. 1.Physics DivisionNational Center for Theoretical SciencesHsinchuTaiwan
  2. 2.Department of PhysicsNational Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchuTaiwan
  3. 3.Division of Quantum Phases & Devices, School of PhysicsKonkuk UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
  4. 4.Department of PhysicsUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoU.S.A.
  5. 5.Department of Physics and AstronomyNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonU.S.A.
  6. 6.Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIASThe University of TokyoKashiwaJapan

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