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Physical parameters and basis transformations in the Two-Higgs-Doublet model
A direct connection between physical parameters of general Two-Higgs-Doublet
Model (2HDM) potentials after electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) and the
parameters that define the potentials before EWSB is established. These
physical parameters, such as the mass matrix of the neutral Higgs bosons, have
well defined transformation properties under basis transformations transposed
to the fields after EWSB. The relations are also explicitly written in a basis
covariant form. Violation of these relations may indicate models beyond 2HDMs.
In certain cases the whole potential can be defined in terms of the physical
parameters. The distinction between basis transformations and
reparametrizations is pointed out. Some physical implications are discussed.Comment: 11 pages. 1 figure. v2: references and comments adde
Discrete and continuous symmetries in multi-Higgs-doublet models
We consider the Higgs sector of multi-Higgs-doublet models in the presence of
simple symmetries relating the various fields. We construct basis invariant
observables which may in principle be used to detect these symmetries for any
number of doublets. A categorization of the symmetries into classes is
required, which we perform in detail for the case of two and three Higgs
doublets.Comment: 13 pages, RevTex, references adde
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