Diboson excess and $Z'$-predictions via left-right non-linear Higgs

TL;DR

This paper models potential diboson excesses via a heavy $W'$ and predicts a heavier $Z'$ boson within a left-right non-linear Higgs framework, providing testable cross sections for future LHC runs.

Contribution

It introduces a non-linear Higgs model with extended gauge symmetry to explain diboson excesses and predicts a heavy $Z'$ with specific decay channels and cross sections.

Findings

Predicted $W'$ production cross section at 13 TeV LHC: 700-1200 fb.

Predicted $Z'$ mass range: 2.5-4 TeV with specific decay channel cross sections.

Enhanced $W^+W^-$ and $Z h$ final states could be observed in future LHC data.

Abstract

The excess events reported by the ATLAS Collaboration in the $WZ$-final state, and by the CMS Collaboration in the $e^+\!e^- jj$, $Wh$ and $jj$-final states, may be induced by the decays of a heavy boson $W'$ in the 1.8-2 TeV mass range, here modelled via the larger local group $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ in a non-linear dynamical Higgs scenario. The $W'$-production cross section at the 13 TeV LHC is around 700-1200 fb. This framework also predicts a heavy $Z'$ boson with a mass of 2.5-4 TeV, and some decay channels testable in the LHC Run II. We determine the cross section times branching fractions for the dijet, dilepton and top-pair $Z'$-decay channels at the 13 TeV LHC around 2.3, 7.1, 70.2 fb respectively, for $M_{Z'}= 2.5$ TeV, while one/two orders of magnitude smaller for the dijet/dilepton and top-pair modes at $M_{Z'}= 4$ TeV. Non-zero contributions from the effective operators, and the underlying Higgs sector of the model, will induce sizeable enhancement in the $W^+W^-$ and $Z h$-final states that could be probed in the future LHC Run II.