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most citedExplaining the 96 GeV Di-photon Anomaly in a Generic 2HDM Type-III

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astro-ph.EP2026

Revealing the Shiny Nature of Lava Worlds: Small Planet Phase Curves with TESS

Brandon Park Coy, Michael Zhang, Fei Dai +1

Recent thermal emission observations suggest that `lava worlds'--Earth-sized exoplanets hot enough to melt their silicate surfaces--have atmospheres on a population-level. This evi…

hep-ph2026

Can collisions rival in probing doubly charged Higgs bosons?

Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi +3

High-energy collisions, realizable as an operational mode of future lepton linear colliders such as the ILC and CLIC, provide a promising environment to probe extended Higgs s…

hep-ph2026

Sensitivity to Single Vector-Like Bottom Quark Production at 3 TeV CLIC

R. Benbrik, M. Berrouj, M. Boukidi +3

We study the sensitivity of the Compact Linear Collider at to the single electroweak production of a vector-like bottom quark in a type-II Two-Higgs-Doubl…

hep-ph2026

VLQBounds: Confronting Vector-Like Quark Models with LHC Searches

A. Arhrib, R. Benbrik, M. Boukidi +5

We present VLQBounds, a public, data-driven Python framework for testing Vector-Like Quark (VLQ) scenarios against Large Hadron Collider (LHC) exclusion limits from ATLAS and CMS.…

hep-ph2026

Probing Heavy Neutral Higgs Bosons via Single Vector-Like Bottom Quark Production at the HL-LHC

Rachid Benbrik, Mbark Berrouj, Mohammed Boukidi +3

We investigate the discovery prospects of a singly produced vector-like bottom quark in the Type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model extended by an vector-like doublet. We…

hep-ph2026★ 1 cited

Impact of hidden heavy Higgs channels of VLB-Quarks below 1 TeV in 2HDM

Rachid Benbrik, Mbark Berrouj, Mohammed Boukidi +3

We investigate the phenomenological impact of incorporating vector-like bottom (VLB) quarks into the Type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM-II). This framework introduces novel beyo…

hep-ph2026

Probing Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons with Three-Body Associated Production at Future Colliders

Brahim Ait-Ouazghour, Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik +4

We study the discovery prospects for a doubly charged Higgs boson in the 2-Higgs doublet model with type-II seesaw at future colliders. Focusing on the three-…

hep-ph2026

Single Production of a Vector-Like Top as a Probe of Charged Higgs Bosons at a Muon-Proton Collider

R. Benbrik, M. Berrouj, M. Boukidi +4

We investigate the discovery prospects for a vector-like top partner () within the Type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM-II) at future high-energy colliders. The analysis f…

hep-ph2025★ 2 cited

Interpreting the 650 GeV and 95 GeV Higgs anomalies in the next-to-two-Higgs-doublet model

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Khouloud Kahime +3

Recent experimental hints from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in di-photon and partially in the final states suggest the possible existence of an additional Higgs boson w…

hep-ph2025★ 7 cited

Exploring Potential Higgs Resonances at 650 GeV and 95 GeV in the 2HDM Type III

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Khouloud Kahime +3

Recent searches by the CMS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the `diphoton plus final state' have revealed an excess near 650 GeV, which might indicate…

hep-ph2024

Large Hadron Collider Signatures of Exotic Vector-Like Quarks within the 2-Higgs Doublet Model Type-II

Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi +1

We study the decay of the exotic Vector-Like Quarks (VLQs) and , with and units of electric charge, respectively, within the 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM). Build…

hep-ph2024

Charged Higgs Boson Mass Bounds in 2HDM-II: Impact of Vector-Like Quarks

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Stefano Moretti

We explore the phenomenology of charged Higgs bosons () and Vector-Like Quarks (VLQs), specifically the top-like , within the Two Higgs Doublet Model Type-II (2HDM-II). W…

hep-ph2024

Investigation of Charged Higgs Bosons Production from Vector-Like Quark Decays at Collider

Rachid Benbrik, Mbark Berrouj, Mohammed Boukidi

Within the extended framework of the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model Type II (2HDM-II), enhanced by a vector-like quark (VLQ) doublet , we present a comprehensive analysis of the proce…

hep-ph2024★ 8 cited

Search for charged Higgs bosons through vector-like top quark pair production at the LHC

Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik, Mbark Berrouj +2

We investigate the discovery prospects for a vector-like top partner (VLT) in the Type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM-II) extended by a vector-like quark doublet () at the 14…

hep-ph2024★ 17 cited

Superposition of CP-Even and CP-Odd Higgs Resonances: Explaining the 95 GeV Excesses within a Two-Higgs Doublet Model

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Stefano Moretti

We propose an explanation for the observed excesses around 95 GeV in the di-photon and di-tau invariant mass distributions, as reported by the CMS collaboration at the Large Hadron…

hep-ph2024★ 12 cited

Anatomy of Vector-Like Bottom-Quark Models in the Alignment Limit of the 2-Higgs Doublet Model Type-II

Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi +1

Expanding upon our ongoing investigation of Vector-Like Quark (VLQ) phenomenology within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) framework, in this paper, we complement a previous one dedic…

hep-ph2024★ 3 cited

Probing 95 GeV Higgs in the 2HDM Type-III

A. Belyaev, R. Benbrik, M. Boukidi +3

The recent results reported by the CMS collaboration, indicating "bumps" in the and channels at GeV, provide interesting hints for new physics. We find th…

hep-ph2024★ 13 cited

Anatomy of Vector-Like Top-Quark Models in the Alignment Limit of the 2-Higgs Doublet Model Type-II

Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi +2

A comprehensive extension of the ordinary 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM), supplemented by Vector-Like Quarks (VLQs), in the "alignment limit" is presented. In such a scenario, we stu…

hep-ph2023★ 3 cited

Explanation of the Hints for a 95 GeV Higgs Boson within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model

Alexander Belyaev, Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi +3

We suggest an explanation for and explore the consequences of the excess around 95 GeV in the di-photon and di-tau invariant mass distributions recently reported by the CMS collabo…

hep-ph2023★ 16 cited

The oblique parameters in the 2HDM with Vector-Like Quarks: Confronting CDF-II Anomaly

Hamza Abouabid, Abdesslam Arhrib, Rachid Benbrik +2

The CDF collaboration has released a new measurement of the boson mass using their complete data set with 8.8 fb in collisions. This result deviates from the…

hep-ph2022

Probing a 96 GeV Higgs Boson in the Di-Photon Channel at the LHC

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Stefano Moretti +1

Recently the CMS collaboration reported a local excess in the di-photon spectrum at 96 GeV. The same mass range concurs with a local excess in the i…

hep-ph2022★ 10 cited

Higgs-like particle decays into and : Fingerprints of some non-supersymmetric models

R. Benbrik, M. Boukidi, M. Ouchemhou +2

Recently, ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC put on light the relevant results in the measurement precision of the Higgs and BSM. In such a report, where the resonance direct sea…

hep-ph2022★ 19 cited

Probing Charged Higgs Bosons in the 2-Higgs Doublet Model Type-II with Vector-Like Quarks

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Stefano Moretti

We study the phenomenology of charged Higgs bosons () and Vector-Like Quarks (VLQs), denoted as , the latter possessing a charge identical to the top quark one, within th…

hep-ph2022

Search for charged Higgs boson in channel within 2HDM type-III

Rachid Benbrik, Mohammed Boukidi, Bouzid Manaut +3

We discus the muonic decay of light charged Higgs boson for in the context of the generic two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) type-III. We show that for both alig…