The origin of the 95 GeV excess in the flavor-dependent U(1)X model

TL;DR

This paper explores how a flavor-dependent U(1)X model with a singlet Higgs can explain the 95 GeV excesses observed in CMS diphoton and ditau data, fitting the experimental signals with theoretical predictions.

Contribution

It introduces a singlet scalar in the flavor-dependent U(1)X model to explain the 95 GeV excesses and demonstrates its compatibility with CMS data.

Findings

The singlet Higgs can account for the 95 GeV excesses in diphoton and ditau channels.

The model's predictions fit well with CMS observed signal strengths.

Designating the singlet Higgs as the lightest Higgs explains the excesses effectively.

Abstract

This study investigates the excesses observed in the CMS diphoton and ditau data around 95 GeV within the framework of the flavor-dependent U(1)X model. The model introduces a singlet scalar to explain the nonzero neutrino masses. This newly introduced Higgs interacts directly with the quark sector, motivated by the aim to explain the flavor numbers of the fermion sector. Additionally, it undergoes mixing with the SM-like Higgs boson. The study suggests that designating this singlet Higgs state in this model as the lightest Higgs boson holds great potential for explaining the excesses around 95 GeV. In the calculations, we maintained the masses of the lightest and next-to-lightest Higgs bosons at around 95 GeV and 125 GeV respectively. It was found that the theoretical predictions on the signal strengthes {\mu}(h95)_{\gamma}{\gamma}, {\mu}(h95)_{\tau}{\tau} in the flavor-dependent U(1)X model can be fitted well to the excesses observed at CMS.