Published June 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Universality test of the charged Higgs boson couplings at the LHC and at B factories

  • 1. KEK Theory Center, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan) and Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Universite Joseph Fourier/CNRS-IN2P3/INPG, 53 Avenue des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble (France)
  • 3. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City, Chiba (Japan) and Theory Center, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 (India) and Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)
  • 5. Universite Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, UMR5822 IPNL, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)
  • 6. Universite de Lyon, F-69622 Lyon (France)
  • 7. National Institute for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050 (South Africa)

Description

Many extensions of the standard model of particle physics predict the existence of charged Higgs bosons with substantial couplings to standard model particles, which would render them observable both directly at the LHC and indirectly at B-factories. For example, the charged Higgs boson couplings to fermions in two Higgs doublet models of type II are proportional to the ratio of the two Higgs doublet vacuum expectation values (tanβ) and fermionic mass factors and could thus be substantial at large tanβ and/or for heavy fermions. In this work we perform a model-independent study of the charged Higgs boson couplings at the LHC and at B-factories for large values of tanβ. We have shown that at high luminosity it is possible to measure the couplings of a charged Higgs boson to the third generation of quarks up to an accuracy of 10%. We further argue that by combining the possible measurements of the LHC and the B-factories, it is possible to perform a universality test of charged Higgs boson couplings to quarks.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 115008-115008.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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