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Publications (30)

hep-ph2018

CP violation in 2HDM and EFT: the ZZZ vertex

Hermès Bélusca-Maïto, Adam Falkowski, Duarte Fontes +2

We study the CP violating ZZZ vertex in the two-Higgs doublet model, which is a probe of a Jarlskog-type invariant in the extended Higgs sector. The form factor is evaluate…

hep-ph2017

The C2HDM revisited

Duarte Fontes, Margarete Mühlleitner, Jorge C. Romão +3

The complex two-Higgs doublet model is one of the simplest ways to extend the scalar sector of the Standard Model to include a new source of CP-violation. The model has been used a…

hep-ph2021

Renormalization of the C2HDM with FeynMaster 2

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão

We present the one-loop electroweak renormalization of the CP-violating 2-Higgs-Doublet Model with softly broken symmetry (C2HDM). The existence of CP violation in t…

hep-ph2015

Large pseudo-scalar components in the C2HDM

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão, Rui Santos +1

We discuss the CP nature of the Yukawa couplings of the Higgs boson in the framework of a complex two Higgs doublet model (C2HDM). After analysing all data gathered during the Larg…

hep-ph2022

The one-loop impact of a dependent mass: the role of in the C2HDM

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão

In the complex 2-Higgs-Doublet Model (C2HDM), the mass of the heaviest neutral scalar is usually chosen as a derived parameter. We investigate one-loop corrections to $…

hep-ph2025

An effective field theory for muon conversion and muon decay-in-orbit

Duarte Fontes, Robert Szafron

Muon conversion is one of the best probes of charged lepton flavor violation. The experimental limit is soon expected to improve by four orders of magnitude, thus calling for preci…

hep-ph2014

in the complex two Higgs doublet model

Duarte Fontes, J. C. Romão, João P. Silva

The latest LHC data confirmed the existence of a Higgs-like particle and made interesting measurements on its decays into , , , , and $b \bar{b…

hep-ph2025

QED corrections to bound-muon decays from an effective-field-theory framework

Duarte Fontes, Robert Szafron

Bound-muon decays are a powerful probe of new physics, making precise theoretical predictions for their spectra essential. While QED corrections significantly affect the shape of t…

hep-ph2024

Impact of New Experimental Data on the C2HDM: the Strong Interdependence between LHC Higgs Data and the Electron EDM

Thomas Biekötter, Duarte Fontes, Margarete Mühlleitner +3

The complex two-Higgs doublet model (C2HDM) is one of the simplest extensions of the Standard Model with a source of CP-violation in the scalar sector. It has a symm…

hep-ph2021

Leaks of CP violation in the real two-Higgs doublet model

Duarte Fontes, Maximilian Löschner, Jorge C. Romão +1

We discuss the symmetric two Higgs doublet model with a real soft breaking term (real 2HDM). We explain in detail why it is not tenable to assume CP conservation in the scala…

hep-ph2026

A perturbative framework to probe infrared sensitivity in non-Abelian gauge theories

Duarte Fontes, Dennis Horstmann, Kirill Melnikov +1

Understanding the infrared sensitivity of perturbative predictions in QCD is important for assessing the magnitude of possible non-perturbative power corrections to processes with…

hep-ph2015

Large pseudoscalar Yukawa couplings in the complex 2HDM

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão, Rui Santos +1

We start by presenting the current status of a complex flavour conserving two-Higgs doublet model. We will focus on some very interesting scenarios where unexpectedly the light Hig…

hep-ph2020

One-loop corrections to the vertex in models with scalar doublets and singlets

Duarte Fontes, Luis Lavoura, Jorge C. Romao +1

We study the one-loop corrections to the vertex in extensions of the Standard Model with arbitrary numbers of scalar doublets, neutral scalar singlets, and charged scal…

hep-ph2025

Do large QCD corrections to di-Higgs decay survive parton showering? A study of

Jens Braun, Duarte Fontes, Gudrun Heinrich

While significant effort has been devoted to precision calculations of the production of two Higgs bosons via gluon fusion, the treatment of their decays in this process has only r…

hep-ph2023

Role of dimension-eight operators in an EFT for the 2HDM

Sally Dawson, Duarte Fontes, Samuel Homiller +1

The Standard Model effective field theory (SMEFT) is the tool of choice for studying deviations of Higgs couplings from the Standard Model predictions. The SMEFT is an expansion in…

hep-ph2025

EFT approach to the endpoint of muon decay-in-orbit

Duarte Fontes, Robert Szafron

As upcoming experiments aim to probe muon conversion with unprecedented precision, equally precise theoretical predictions are crucial to maximize discovery potential. This applies…

hep-ph2024

Relevance of one-loop SMEFT matching in the 2HDM

Supratim Das Bakshi, Sally Dawson, Duarte Fontes +1

The Two-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) is a well understood alternative to the Standard Model of particle physics. If the new particles included in the 2HDM are at an energy scale much…

hep-ph2023

Matching the 2HDM to the HEFT and the SMEFT: Decoupling and Perturbativity

Sally Dawson, Duarte Fontes, Carlos Quezada-Calonge +1

We consider the 2 Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) and compare two effective field theory (EFT) approaches to it, according to whether the heavy degrees of freedom are integrated out bef…

hep-ph2016

Higgs EFT for 2HDM and beyond

Hermès Bélusca-Maïto, Adam Falkowski, Duarte Fontes +2

We discuss the validity of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SM EFT) as the low-energy effective theory for the two-Higgs-doublet Model (2HDM). Using the up-to-date Higgs…

hep-ph2023

The vertex in a left-right model

Duarte Fontes, Darius Jurčiukonis, Luís Lavoura

We consider the one-loop corrections to the vertex in a -conserving left--right model (LRM), . a model with gauge group .…

hep-ph2015

Undoubtable signs of CP-violation in Higgs decays at the LHC run 2

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão, Rui Santos +1

With the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider the high energy physics community's attention has now turned to understanding the properties of the Higgs boson,…

hep-ex2024

EFT Workshop at Notre Dame

Nick Smith, Daniel Spitzbart, Jennet Dickinson +27

The LPC EFT workshop was held April 25-26, 2024 at the University of Notre Dame. The workshop was organized into five thematic sessions: "how far beyond linear" discusses issues of…

hep-ph2019

Electroweak Breaking and Higgs Boson Profile in the Simplest Linear Seesaw Model

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romao, Jose W. F. Valle

We examine the simplest realization of the linear seesaw mechanism within the Standard Model gauge structure. Besides the standard scalar doublet, there are two lepton-number-carry…

hep-ph2014

A reappraisal of the wrong-sign coupling and the study of

Duarte Fontes, J. C. Romão, João P. Silva

It has been pointed out recently that current experiments still allow for a two Higgs doublet model where the coupling () is negative; a sign opposite to t…

hep-ph2022

Multi-Higgs Models: model building, phenomenology and renormalization

Duarte Fontes

In this thesis, we investigate several aspects of models with a multiplicity of Higgs bosons. We start by focusing on models with two Higgs doublets. We claim that one of the most…

hep-ph2024

Double insertions of SMEFT operators in gluon fusion Higgs boson production

Konstantin Asteriadis, Sally Dawson, Duarte Fontes

Deviations from the Standard Model (SM) can be parameterized in terms of the SM effective field theory (SMEFT), which is typically truncated at dimension-6. Including higher dimens…

hep-ph2025

FeynMaster Manual

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão

We present the manual for FeynMaster 2.1, a multitasking software for particle physics studies. This new version includes additional functions and is compatible with recent version…

hep-ph2024

Is the HEFT matching unique?

Sally Dawson, Duarte Fontes, Carlos Quezada-Calonge +1

Physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) can be described in a consistent and general way through the Higgs Effective Field Theory (HEFT). Measurements of model-independent HEFT coe…

hep-ph2020

FeynMaster: a plethora of Feynman tools

Duarte Fontes, Jorge C. Romão

FeynMaster is a multi-tasking software for particle physics studies. By making use of already existing programs (FeynRules, QGRAF, FeynCalc), FeynMaster automatically generates Fey…

hep-ph2026

Reassessing CP Violation in the C2HDM with Machine Learning

Rafael Boto, Karim Elyaouti, Duarte Fontes +5

We provide a study of the parameter space of the complex 2-Higgs Doublet Model (C2HDM), focusing on signs of large CP-violating couplings of the 125 GeV Higgs boson with the fermio…