Calculating Mass Limits for the Doubly Charged Higgs Boson
Session Number
2
Advisor(s)
Dr. Peter Dong, IMSA
Location
B110
Discipline
Physical Science
Start Date
15-4-2026 11:10 AM
End Date
15-4-2026 11:55 AM
Abstract
Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) theories provide possible explanations for current mysteries of the Standard Model such as parity violation and neutrino mass generation. One of these theories, the left-right symmetric model, introduces an SU(2)R gauge symmetry in which two Higgs triplets are generated from symmetry breaking. The left and right Higgs triplets each contain a neutral, singly charged, and doubly charged Higgs boson. We aim to establish a lower mass limit on the doubly-charged Higgs boson. To do so, we use parameterizations for each channel to create PDFs for the signal and background. We then use a Markov chain Monte Carlo to calculate the limit for different mass values and plot the median cross section versus mass. The limit is the intersection of this curve with the cross-section curve for the H++.
Calculating Mass Limits for the Doubly Charged Higgs Boson
B110
Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) theories provide possible explanations for current mysteries of the Standard Model such as parity violation and neutrino mass generation. One of these theories, the left-right symmetric model, introduces an SU(2)R gauge symmetry in which two Higgs triplets are generated from symmetry breaking. The left and right Higgs triplets each contain a neutral, singly charged, and doubly charged Higgs boson. We aim to establish a lower mass limit on the doubly-charged Higgs boson. To do so, we use parameterizations for each channel to create PDFs for the signal and background. We then use a Markov chain Monte Carlo to calculate the limit for different mass values and plot the median cross section versus mass. The limit is the intersection of this curve with the cross-section curve for the H++.