Higgs boson productions at LHC as a probe of different littlest Higgs models with T-parity

TL;DR

This paper compares two littlest Higgs models with T-parity by analyzing their effects on Higgs production processes at the LHC, highlighting potential to distinguish these models through experimental measurements.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of two littlest Higgs models with different T-parity constructions using Higgs production processes at the LHC, which is a novel approach.

Findings

Both models significantly alter SM Higgs production cross sections.

The models predict different corrections, enabling potential experimental distinction.

Higgs production at LHC can probe and differentiate these models.

Abstract

Higgs boson productions at the LHC will serve as a sensitive probe of various little Higgs models. In this work we comparatively study two littlest Higgs models with different T-parity constructions through examining their effects in three production processes of the Higgs boson at the LHC, namely the productions of a single Higgs, a Higgs-pair, as well as a Higgs boson associated with a pair of top and anti-top quarks. The two models are characterized by predicting a top partner canceling the Higgs mass quadratic divergence contributed by the top quark with even and odd T-parity, respectively. We find that both models can alter the SM cross sections sizably and their corrections also differ significantly. Therefore, the Higgs boson productions at the LHC may shed some light on these two models or even distinguish them.