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Mohammed Boukidi

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arXiv2024

Interpreting the $\boldsymbol{W}$-Mass and Muon $\boldsymbol{(g_μ-2)}$ Anomalies within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model

In this study, we investigate the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $(g_μ-2)$ as reported by Fermilab (FNAL), along with the recent measurement of the $W$-boson mass by the CDF-II collaboration. Both findings show significant deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model (SM), hinting at the possibility of new physics. Our focus is on the Type III two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM), wherein both Higgs doublets couple with all fermions, leading to the induction of flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNCs) at the tree level. Within this framework, we investigate a lepton-flavour-violating (LFV) scenario, aiming to explain both observed anomalies, while satisfying the up-to-date theoretical and experimental constraints.

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arXiv2022

Probing a 96 GeV Higgs Boson in the Di-Photon Channel at the LHC

Recently the CMS collaboration reported a $\sim 3 σ$ local excess in the di-photon spectrum at 96 GeV. The same mass range concurs with a $\sim2 σ$ local excess in the $b\bar{b}$ invariant mass spectrum in four-jet events collected at LEP. In this contribution we show that at 1$σ$ level the 2HDM type-III can perfectly fit both excesses simultaneously, while satisfying all experimental and theoretical constraints.

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arXiv2022

Identifying light charged Higgs boson in the $μν$ channel in 2HDM Type-III

In this contribution, we discuss the light charged Higgs boson production via $pp \to \bar{t} bH^\pm$ at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the Two-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) Type-III. We explore the prospect of looking the aforementioned Higgs boson production channel followed by $H^\pmμν$ signal. The latter has the potential to be overwhelmingly stronger than $H^\pmτν$ and $H^\pm c\bar{s}$ signals in Type-III. We show that in both scenarios standard and inverted hierarchy and after including several theoretical and experimental constraints, the production process $pp \to \bar{t}bH^\pm$ followed by $H^\pm\to μν$ could represent the most promising experimental option to search for light charged Higgs boson at the LHC.

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arXiv2022

Search for charged Higgs boson in $μν$ channel within 2HDM type-III

We discus the muonic decay of light charged Higgs boson for $m_{H^\pm}\le m_t-m_b$ in the context of the generic two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) type-III. We show that for both alignment limit scenarios, the $H^\pm\toμν$ signal could be dominant and give alternative reachable signatures to those arising from top quark production and decay.

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arXiv2022

Explaining the 96 GeV Di-photon Anomaly in a Generic 2HDM Type-III

Motivated by results recently reported by the CMS Collaboration about an excess in the di-photon spectrum at about 96 GeV, especially when combined with another long-standing anomaly at the same value in the $b\bar b$ invariant mass spectrum in four-jet events collected at LEP, we show that a possible explanation to both phenomena can be found at 1$σ$ level in a generic 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) of Type-III in presence of a specific Yukawa texture, wherein Lepton Flavour Violating (LFV) (neutral) currents are induced at tree level. Bounds from Higgs data play a major role in limiting the parameter space of this scenario, yet we find solutions with $m_H = 125$ GeV and $m_h = 96$ GeV consistent with current theoretical and experimental bounds.

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arXiv2021

New charged Higgs boson discovery channel at the LHC

The ATLAS and CMS experiments have an ambitious search program for charged Higgs bosons. The two main searches for $H^\pm$ at the LHC have traditionally been performed in the $τν$ and $t b$ decay channels, as they provide the opportunity to probe complementary regions of the Minimal SuperSymmetric Model (MSSM) parameter space. Charged Higgs bosons may decay also to light quarks, $H^\pm \to cs/cb$, which represent an additional probe for the mass range below $m_t$. In this work, we focus on $H^\pm \to μν$ as an alternative channel in the context of two Higgs doublet model type III. We explored the prospect of looking $pp\to tb H^\pm$, followed by $H^\pm\toμν$ signal at the LHC. Such a scenario appears in 2HDM type-III where couplings of the charged Higgs are enhanced to $μν$. Almost all the experimental searches rely on the production and decay of the charged Higgs are taken into account. We show that for a such scenario, the above signal is dominant for most of the parameter space, and $H^\pm \to μν$ can be an excellent complementary search. Benchmarks points are proposed for further Monte Carlo analysis.

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