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Exploring sizable triple Higgs couplings in the 2HDM
An important task at future colliders is the measurement of the triple Higgs
coupling. Depending on its size relative to the Standard Model (SM) value,
certain collider options result in a higher experimental accuracy. Within the
framework of Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDM) type I and II we investigate the
allowed ranges for all triple Higgs couplings involving at least one light,
SM-like Higgs boson. We take into account theoretical constraints (unitarity,
stability), experimental constraints from direct Higgs-boson searches,
measurements of the SM-like Higgs-boson properties, flavor observables and
electroweak precision data. We find that the SM-type triple Higgs coupling
w.r.t. its SM value, , can range between and . Depending on which value is realized, the HL-LHC can
compete with, or is clearly inferior to the ILC. We find the coupling
between and . Triple Higgs couplings
involving two heavy Higgs bosons, , and
can reach values up to , roughly independent
of the 2HDM type. This can lead to potentially strongly enhanced production of
two Higgs-bosons at the HL-LHC or high-energy colliders.Comment: 44 pages, 16 figure
New Constraints on General Slepton Flavor Mixing
We explore the phenomenological implications on charged lepton flavor
violating (LFV) processes from slepton flavor mixing within the Minimal
Supersymmetric Standard Model. We work under the model-independent hypothesis
of general flavor mixing in the slepton sector, being parametrized by a
complete set of dimensionless delta^AB_ij (A,B = L,R; i,j = 1, 2, 3)
parameters. The present upper bounds on the most relevant LFV processes,
together with the requirement of compatibility in the choice of the MSSM
parameters with the recent LHC and (g-2) data, lead to updated constraints on
all slepton flavor mixing parameters. A comparative discussion of the most
effective LFV processes to constrain the various generation mixings is
included.Comment: 42 pages, 19 figures. Minor changes, version to appear in PR
Updated Constraints on General Squark Flavor Mixing
We explore the phenomenological implications on non-minimal flavor violating
(NMFV) processes from squark flavor mixing within the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model. We work under the model-independent hypothesis of general
flavor mixing in the squark sector, being parametrized by a complete set of
dimensionless delta^AB_ij (A,B = L, R; i,j = u, c, t or d, s, b) parameters.
The present upper bounds on the most relevant NMFV processes, together with the
requirement of compatibility in the choice of the MSSM parameters with the
recent LHC and g-2 data, lead to updated constraints on all squark flavor
mixing parameters.Comment: 30 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1304.2783, arXiv:1109.623
Masgomas-4: Physical characterization of a double-core obscured cluster with a massive and very young stellar population
The discovery of new, obscured massive star clusters has changed our
understanding of the Milky Way star-forming activity from a passive to a very
active star-forming machine. The search for these obscured clusters is strongly
supported by the use of all-sky, near-IR surveys.
The main goal of the MASGOMAS project is to search for and study unknown,
young, and massive star clusters in the Milky Way, using near-IR data. Here we
try to determine the main physical parameters (distance, size, total mass, and
age) of Masgomas-4, a new double-core obscured cluster.
Using near-IR photometry (, , and ) we selected a total of 21
stars as OB-type star candidates. Multi-object, near-IR follow-up spectroscopy
allowed us to carry out the spectral classification of the OB-type candidates.
Of the 21 spectroscopically observed stars, ten are classified as OB-type
stars, eight as F- to early G-type dwarf stars, and three as late-type giant
stars. Spectroscopically estimated distances indicate that the OB-type stars
belong to the same cluster, located at a distance of
kpc. Our spectrophotometric data confirm a very young and massive stellar
population, with a clear concentration of pre-main-sequence massive candidates
(Herbig Ae/Be) around one of the cluster cores. The presence of a surrounding
HII cloud and the Herbig Ae/Be candidates indicate an upper age limit of 5 Myr.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&
Higgs Boson Masses in the MSSM with Heavy Majorana Neutrinos
We present a full diagrammatic computation of the one-loop corrections from
the neutrino/sneutrino sector to the renormalized neutral CP-even Higgs boson
self-energies and the lightest Higgs boson mass, Mh, within the context of the
so-called MSSM-seesaw scenario. This consists of the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model with the addition of massive right handed Majorana neutrinos and
their supersymmetric partners, and where the seesaw mechanism is used for the
lightest neutrino mass generation. We explore the dependence on all the
parameters involved, with particular emphasis in the role played by the heavy
Majorana scale. We restrict ourselves to the case of one generation of
neutrinos/sneutrinos. For the numerical part of the study, we consider a very
wide range of values for all the parameters involved. We find sizeable
corrections to Mh, which are negative in the region where the Majorana scale is
large (10^{13}-10^{15} GeV) and the lightest neutrino mass is within a range
inspired by data (0.1-1 eV). For some regions of the MSSM-seesaw parameter
space, the corrections to Mh are substantially larger than the anticipated
Large Hadron Collider precision.Comment: Latex, 50 pages, 15 figures, 6 tables. Discussion improved. Comments
and some new approximate formulae have been added. Published version on JHE
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