Top Forward-backward asymmetry at the Tevatron vs. Charge asymmetry at the LHC in chiral $U(1)'$ models with flavored Higgs fields

TL;DR

This paper explores an extended $U(1)'$ model with flavored Higgs fields that can explain top quark asymmetries at the Tevatron and LHC without conflicting with experimental constraints, emphasizing the importance of Higgs sector extension.

Contribution

It demonstrates that extending the Higgs sector in chiral $U(1)'$ models allows for consistent explanations of top asymmetries while avoiding previous model exclusions.

Findings

Achieves top FBA at Tevatron and charge asymmetry at LHC within experimental limits.

Identifies parameter regions compatible with LHC same-sign top constraints.

Highlights the necessity of extended Higgs sectors in chiral gauge models.

Abstract

An extra $U(1)'$ model with $Z'$ coupled only to the right-handed (RH) up-type quarks has been one of the popular models for the Tevatron top forward-backward asymmetry (FBA), and has been excluded by the same-sign top-pair productions at the LHC. However, the original $Z'$ model is not physical, since the up-type quarks are massless including the top quark. This disaster can be evaded if the Higgs sector is extended by including new Higgs doublets with nonzero $U(1)'$ charges. We find that some parameter regions could achieve not only the top FBA at the Tevatron, but also the charge asymmetry at the LHC without exceeding the upper limit of the same-sign top-quark pair production at the LHC. The lesson is that it is mandatory to extend the Higgs sector whenever one considers chiral gauge symmetries beyond the SM gauge group. Otherwise some fermions remain massless, and thus it is meaningless to work on phenomenology without the extra Higgs doublets with new chiral gauge charges.