Higgs boson production via vector-like top-partner decays: diphoton or multilepton plus multijets channels at the LHC

Abstract

We first build a minimal model of vector-like quarks where the dominant Higgs boson production process at LHC -- the gluon fusion -- can be significantly suppressed, being motivated by the recent stringent constraints from the search for direct Higgs production over a wide Higgs mass range. Within this model, compatible with the present experimental constraints on direct Higgs searches, we demonstrate that the Higgs ($h$) production via a heavy vector-like top-partner ($t_2$) decay, $pp\to t_2{\bar{t}}_2$, $t_2\to th$, allows to discover a Higgs boson at the LHC and measure its mass, through the decay channels $h\to \gamma \gamma$ or $h\to ZZ$. We also comment on the recent hint in LHC data from a possible $\sim 125$ GeV Higgs scalar, in the presence of heavy vector-like top quarks.

14 pages, 8 figures

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