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Meng-Zi Cao

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Pair production of $h$ in the $U(1)_X$SSM

Higgs pair production provides an important probe of the Higgs self-interaction and the Higgs potential structure. We study the lightest neutral Higgs pair production process $gg \to hh$ via gluon fusion at the 14 TeV LHC, in the $U(1)_X$ supersymmetric standard model. As a $U(1)$ extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), this model introduces new superfields that bring additional one-loop contributions to the production amplitude. We analyze the parameter dependence of the cross section numerically and present contour distributions in two-dimensional parameter planes. The results indicate that the gauge couplings $g_X$ and $g_{YX}$ are the most sensitive parameters, and the model yields sizable new physics corrections under current experimental constraints. This work helps to understand Higgs physics in the $U(1)_X$SSM and guides new physics searches at the high-luminosity LHC.

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Higgs Bosons at 95 and 125 GeV in the $U(1)_X$VLFM

We present a systematic analysis of the Higgs signal strengths at 125 GeV and 95 GeV in a non-supersymmetric $U(1)_X$ model with vector-like fermions ($U(1)_X$VLFM). This model extends the SM by introducing an additional $U(1)_X$ gauge symmetry, three right-handed neutrinos, two singlet Higgs fields ($ϕ$ and $S$), and one generation of vector-like quarks and leptons. The scalar fields mix with each other in the neutral CP-even sector, leading to two Higgs-like states around 95 GeV and 125 GeV. A $χ^2$ analysis is performed by combining the Higgs signal strength measurements at 125 GeV from ATLAS and CMS, including the $γγ$, $WW^*$, $ZZ^*$, $b\bar{b}$, and $τ\barτ$ channels, with the 95 GeV excesses observed in the diphoton and $b\bar{b}$ final states reported by CMS and LEP. Our results indicate that the $U(1)_X$VLFM can successfully reproduce the observed signal strengths of the 125 GeV Higgs while simultaneously explaining the 95 GeV excess. The parameters $g_X$, $g_{YX}$, $v_S$, $v_P$, and the new Yukawa couplings play a crucial role in achieving this consistency.

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