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We consider a generic framework where the Standard Model (SM) coexists with a hidden sector endowed with some additional gauge symmetry. When this symmetry is broken by a scalar field charged under the hidden gauge group, the corresponding scalar boson generally mixes with the SM Higgs boson. In addition, massive hidden gauge bosons emerge and via the mixing, the observed Higgs-like mass eigenstate is the only known particle that couples to these hidden gauge bosons directly. We study the LHC monojet signatures of this scenario and the corresponding constraints on the gauge coupling of the hidden gauge group as well as the mixing of the Higgs scalars.
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Kim, J.S., Lebedev, O. & Schmeier, D. Higgsophilic gauge bosons and monojets at the LHC. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 128 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)128
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