2013/09/05 by Otto Eberhardt, Eberhardt, Otto
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.1278
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I present comprehensive analyses of the viable parameter regions of the Standard Model of particle physics and two of its extensions: the Standard Model with four fermion generations and the Two-Higgs-Doublets model of type II. Applying frequentist methods, I have performed global fits which show that the Standard Model is compatible with electroweak precision data and the measured Higgs signal strengths. The Standard Model with four generations is excluded by the experimental results with a p-value corresponding to more than five standard deviations. In the Two-Higgs-Doublets model of type II, the fit prefers the decoupling limit where it mimics the Standard Model; however, neutral heavy Higgs boson masses below 200 GeV are still allowed.