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Two-loop corrections to the $ρ$ parameter in Two-Higgs-Doublet Models

Stephan Hessenberger·Wolfgang Hollik
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Models with two scalar doublets are among the simplest extensions of the Standard Model which fulfill the relation $ρ= 1$ at lowest order for the $ρ$ parameter as favored by experimental data for electroweak observables allowing only small deviations from unity. Such small deviations $Δρ$ originate exclusively from quantum effects with special sensitivity to mass splittings between different isospin components of fermions and scalars. In this paper the dominant two-loop electroweak corrections to $Δρ$ are calculated in the $CP$-conserving THDM, resulting from the top-Yukawa coupling and the self-couplings of the Higgs bosons in the gauge-less limit. The on-shell renormalization scheme is applied. With the assumption that one of the $CP$-even neutral scalars represents the scalar boson observed by the LHC experiments, with standard properties, the two-loop non-standard contributions in $Δρ$ can be separated from the standard ones. These contributions are of particular interest since they increase with mass splittings between non-standard Higgs bosons and can be additionally enhanced by $\tanβ$ and $λ_5$, an additional free coefficient of the Higgs potential, and can thus modify the one-loop result substantially. Numerical results are given for the dependence on the various non-standard parameters, and the influence on the calculation of electroweak precision observables is discussed.

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Stephan Hessenberger, Wolfgang Hollik. 2017-03-21. Two-loop corrections to the $ρ$ parameter in Two-Higgs-Doublet Models. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc%2Fs10052-017-4734-8

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