ATLAS and CMS hints for a mirror Higgs boson
Robert Foot, Archil Kobakhidze, Raymond R. Volkas
TL;DR
The paper interprets hints from ATLAS and CMS of a 144 GeV Higgs-like particle as evidence for a mirror Higgs model, predicting a 50% suppression in production cross section due to scalar mixing.
Contribution
It demonstrates that the observed 50% suppression aligns with mirror matter model predictions involving mixed scalar states separated by a specific mass difference.
Findings
Hints consistent with a mirror Higgs scenario.
Predicted suppression matches observed data.
Future experiments can confirm the mirror Higgs hypothesis.
Abstract
ATLAS and CMS have provided hints for the existence of a Higgs-like particle with mass of about 144 GeV with production cross section into standard decay channels which is about 50% that of the standard model Higgs boson. We show that this 50% suppression is exactly what the mirror matter model predicts when the two scalar mass eigenstates, each required to be maximal admixtures of a standard and mirror-Higgs boson, are separated in mass by more than their decay widths but less than the experimental resolution. We discuss prospects for the future confirmation of this interesting hint for non-standard Higgs physics.
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