Constraints on a Class of Two-Higgs Doublet Models with tree level FCNC

Abstract

We analyse a class of two Higgs doublet models where flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNC) are present at tree level in a mixing-suppressed manner. In this class of models, because of a discrete symmetry imposed on the lagrangian, the FCNC couplings in the quark and lepton sector are fixed in terms of the corresponding mixing matrix (CKM or PMNS), the fermion masses and the ratio $v_2/v_1$ of the vacuum expectation values of the neutral scalars. A large number of processes, including tree and loop level transitions mediated by the new charged or neutral scalars are used as constraints. It is shown that among the interesting phenomenological prospects for these models, the new scalars may have masses within experimental reach.

arXiv comment7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; contribution to the proceedings of the 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2014), Valencia, Spain, 2-9 July 2014

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