Two-Higgs Doublet Model Effective Field Theory

TL;DR

This paper develops a comprehensive effective field theory framework for the two-Higgs doublet model, including operator basis, basis transformation, and specific model variants, with applications to scattering and stability analysis.

Contribution

It introduces a general EFT for two-Higgs doublets, transforms it to the Higgs basis, and constructs specific model variants with stability conditions, enhancing analysis of new physics effects.

Findings

Higgs basis simplifies operator analysis and correlations.

Matching of Wilson coefficients between descriptions established.

Derived stability conditions for scalar potential with higher-dimensional operators.

Abstract

We construct the general two-Higgs doublet model effective field theory where the effects of additional new physics are parameterized by operators up to mass dimension-six. We further transform this effective theory to the Higgs basis and provide matching of the Wilson coefficients between the two descriptions. We illustrate the advantages of the Higgs basis which include the separation of operators that modify standard model couplings and masses from operators that contribute to scattering processes only, transparent correlations between scattering processes resulting from the same operator, and derivation of correlations between different operators in specific UV completions. For completeness, we also construct specific versions corresponding to four types of two-Higgs doublet models: type-I, -II, -X, and -Y, distinguished by $Z_2$ symmetries which restrict the couplings of the Higgs doublets to standard model fermions. Furthermore, we derive general vacuum and stability conditions of the scalar potential in the presence of higher-dimensional terms.