Probing a light charged Higgs boson at the LHC Run 3
Author:
A. Arhrib, R. Benbrik, M. Krab, B. Manaut, S. Moretti, Y. Wang, Q. S. Yan
Keyword:
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
journal:
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date:
2023-10-17 16:00:00
Abstract
We study the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) discovery prospects of a light charged Higgs boson decaying into a $W$ boson and a non-Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs within the 2-Higgs Doublet Model type-I. In the analysis, we consider the associated production of a charged Higgs boson with a light neutral one, $pp \rightarrow H^{\pm} h$, with the subsequent $H^\pm \rightarrow W^{\pm*} h$. We then investigate the emerging $W^{\pm*} + 4b$ final state and provide several benchmark points for signal-to-background analysis. We therefore show that this signal could be an excellent avenue for identifying $H^\pm$ at the LHC.