A Light CP-odd Higgs boson and the muon anomalous magnetic moment

Aug, 2008
5 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2009) 032
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We amalgamate the many experimental limits on the ab\anti b coupling of a light CP-odd Higgs boson, aa, including model-dependence coming from the ratio of the at\anti t to the a b\anti b coupling. We then employ these limits to analyze the extent to which a light aa can make a significant contribution to the discrepancy, Δaμ\Delta a_\mu, between the experimentally observed aμa_\mu and that predicted by the standard model. In a ``model-independent'' framework and in the context of a general two-Higgs-doublet model this is a significant possibility. In contrast, the minimal supersymmetric model is too strongly constrained (after combining experimental and theoretical input) to allow a CP-odd-aa explanation of Δaμ\Delta a_\mu. The next-to-minimal supersymmetric model allows more freedom and the light aa of the model could explain the full Δaμ\Delta a_\mu if 9.2\gev<\ma<12\gev , or contribute substantially for larger \ma, if \tanb is large.
  • minimal supersymmetric standard model
  • Higgs particle: multiplet
  • doublet: 2
  • CP: violation
  • muon: magnetic moment
  • Higgs particle: decay modes
  • Higgs particle: branching ratio
  • Upsilon(9460): radiative decay
  • Upsilon(9460): branching ratio
  • electron positron: annihilation