General two Higgs doublet model (2HDM-G) and Large Hadron Collider data

Abstract

We study the consistency of two Higgs doublet models in light of the new bosonic particle discovery at the LHC. We work within a general setup that we call the 2HDM-X, in which the quarks couple to both scalar doublets with aligned couplings such that flavor-changing neutral currents are absent at tree level. The 2HDM-X encompasses the traditional Type I, Type II, lepton specific, and flipped models, but also provides for more general possibilities. The best fit to the current data with a suppressed tau tau signal and a b bbar signal of Standard Model strength is given by the 2HDM-X with specific parameter choices; however, very good fits are also obtained within the lepton-specific model and a democratic model, the 2HDM-D, in which both the up-type and down-type quarks couple to each doublet with equal strengths. The approach provides a general framework in which to interpret future LHC Higgs data within extensions of the Standard Model with two Higgs doublets.