5. Theoretical Physics (CSN4)

Searches for the Higgs boson - what if it is fermiophobic

by Dr Barbara Mele (INFN Roma)

Europe/Rome
Aula Seminari (LNF)

Aula Seminari

LNF

Via Enrico Fermi, 40 00044 Frascati (Roma)
Description
After reviewing the present status of Higgs boson searches at the LHC, I will focus on Higgs boson scenarios where the Higgs couplings to fermions vanish at tree level. One-loop corrections will in general affect the tree-level predictions by generating radiative Yukawa couplings. I will discuss the impact of the latter in a general theoretical framework, giving an improved description of a large class of fermiophobic Higgs-boson scenarios. I will eventually consider the theoretical and phenomenological implications of a fermiophobic 125-GeV Higgs boson at the LHC and at a future linear e+e- collider.
Slides