Published August 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Higgs mass constraints on a fourth family: Upper and lower limits on CKM mixing

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Description

Limits on the Higgs boson mass restrict Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix (CKM) mixing of a possible fourth family beyond the constraints previously obtained from precision electroweak data alone. Existing experimental and theoretical bounds on mH already significantly restrict the allowed parameter space. Zero CKM mixing is excluded and mixing of order θCabbibo is allowed. Upper and lower limits on 3-4 CKM mixing are exhibited as a function of mH. We use the default inputs of the electroweak working group and also explore the sensitivity of both the three and four family fits to alternative inputs.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 035018-035018.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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