A light scalar in the Minimal Dilaton Model in light of the LHC constraints

Whether an additional light scalar exists is an interesting topic in particle physics beyond the Standard Model(SM), as we do not know as yet the nature of physics beyond the SM in the low mass region in view of the inconsistent results of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations in their search for light resonances around 95 GeV in the diphoton channel. We study a light scalar in the Minimal Dilaton Model(MDM). Under the theoretical and the latest experimental constraints, we sort the selected data samples into two scenarios according to the diphoton rate of the light scalar: the large-diphoton scenario(with σ_(γγ)/SM■0.2) and the small-diphoton scenario(with σ_(γγ)/SM■0.2),which are favored by the CMS and ATLAS results, respectively. We compare the two scenarios, test the characteristics of the model parameters, the scalar couplings, production and decay, and consider how they could be further discerned at colliders. We draw the following conclusions for the two scenarios:(i) The large-diphoton scenario has in general a small Higgs-dilaton mixing angle(|sinθ_S|■0.2) and a small dilaton vacuum expectation value(VEV)f(0.5■η≡ v/f■1),and the small-diphoton scenario has large mixing(| sinθ_S|■0.4) or large VEV(η≡v/f ■0.3).(ii) The large-diphoton scenario in general predicts small syy coupling(|C_(sγγ)/SM|■ 0.3) and large sgg coupling(0.6■|C_(sgg)/SM|■1.2), while the small-diphoton scenario predicts small sgg coupling(|C_(sgg)/SM|■0.5).(iii) The large-diphoton scenario can interpret the small diphoton excess seen by CMS at its central value, when m_s■ 95 GeV,η■0.6 and | sinθ_S|■0.(iv) The large-diphoton scenario in general predicts a negative correlation between the Higgs couplings |C_(hγγ)/SMI and |C_(hgg)/SM|, while the small-diphoton scenario predicts that both couplings are smaller than 1,or |C_(hγγ)/SM|■0.9■|C_(hgg)/SM|.     

Higgsino asymmetry and direct-detection constraints of light dark matter in the NMSSM with non-universal Higgs masses

In this study,we analyze the direct-detection constraints of light dark matter in the next-to minimal supersymmetric standard model(NMSSM)with non-universal Higgs masses(NUHM);we specially focus on the correlation between higgsino asymmetry and spin-dependent(SD)cross section.We draw the following conclusions.(i)The SD cross section is proportional to the square of higgsino asymmetry in dark matter X₁⁰in the NMSSM-NUHM,and hence,it is small for highly singlino-dominated dark matter,(ii)The higgsino-mass parameter μeff is smaller than approximately 335 GeV in the NMSSM-NUHM due to the current muon g-2 constraint,but our scenario with light dark matter can still be alive under current constraints including the direct detection of dark matter in the spindependent channel.(iii)With a sizeable higgsino component in the light dark matter,the higgsino asymmetry and SD cross section can also be sizeable,but dark matter relic density is always small;thus,it can escape the direct detections.(iv)Light dark matter in the h₂-and Z-funnel annihilation channels with sufficient relic density can be covered by future LUX-ZEPLIN(LZ)7-ton in SD detections.(v)The spin-independent(SI)cross section is dominated by h₁-and h₂-exchanging channels,which can even cancel each other in some samples,leaving an SI cross section smaller by a few orders of magnitude than that of one individual channel.     

Light Higgs boson in the NMSSM confronted with the CMS di-photon and di-tau excesses

In 2018, the CMS collaboration reported a di-photon excess at approximately 95.3 GeV with a local significance of 2.8 σ. Interestingly, the CMS collaboration also recently reported a di-tau excess at 95-100 GeV with a local significance of 2.6-3.1 σ. In addition, a bb excess at 98 GeV with a local significance of 2.3 σ was reported from LEP data approximately twenty years ago. In this study, we addressed the interpretation of these excesses together with a light Higgs boson in the next-to-minima...