Abstract
We study the predictions of generic ultraviolet completions of two-Higgs doublet models. We assume that at the matching scale between the two-Higgs doublet model and an ultraviolet complete theory – which can be anywhere between the TeV and the Planck scale – arbitrary but perturbative values for the quartic couplings are present. We evaluate the couplings down from the matching scale to the weak scale and study the predictions for the scalar mass spectrum. In particular, we show the importance of radiative corrections which are essential for both an accurate Higgs mass calculation as well as determining the stability of the electroweak vacuum. We study the relation between the mass splitting of the heavy Higgs states and the size of the quartic couplings at the matching scale, finding that only a small class of models exhibit sizeable mass splittings between the heavy scalars at the weak scale. Moreover, we find a clear correlation between the maximal size of the couplings and the considered matching scale.
Highlights
Given the large array of possibilities, it is unclear what the ultraviolet (UV) completion of a given Two-Higgs doublet models (THDMs) might be and at which scale the additional degrees of freedom become relevant
The minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as a UV completion for THDMs is peculiar as it predicts that the quartic couplings of the THDM at the matching scale are always small because in the MSSM they are necessarily proportional to the square of the gauge couplings
While it might be uncommon to start with a tachyonic treelevel spectrum, one can think of this as a situation where the expansion around the electroweak vacuum expectation values (VEVs) is a bad one at tree level while the minimum at the right place only emerges at
Summary
Given the large array of possibilities, it is unclear what the ultraviolet (UV) completion of a given THDM might be and at which scale the additional degrees of freedom become relevant In such a setting, the measurement of a new scalar resonance can shed light on the nature of the UV completion. There are studies which use a top-down approach: a specific UV model, usually the simplest realisation of supersymmetry, is assumed and the matching conditions to the THDM are calculated [23,24,25,26] These couplings are evolved down to the low scale where one checks if what is predicted is in agreement with current measurements. The minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as a UV completion for THDMs is peculiar as it predicts that the quartic couplings of the THDM at the matching scale are always small because in the MSSM they are necessarily proportional to the square of the gauge couplings
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