https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13390-5
Regular Article
Anatomy of vector-like bottom-quark models in the alignment limit of the 2-Higgs doublet model type-II
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Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Tangier, Morocco
2
Department of Physics and CTC, National Tsing Hua University, 300, Hsinchu, Taiwan
3
Polydisciplinary Faculty, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Physics, Cadi Ayyad University, Sidi Bouzid, B.P. 4162, Safi, Morocco
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK
Received:
29
July
2024
Accepted:
16
September
2024
Published online:
7
October
2024
Expanding upon our ongoing investigation of Vector-Like Quark (VLQ) phenomenology within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) framework, in this paper, we complement a previous one dedicated to Vector-Like Top-quarks (VLTs) by studying Vector-Like Bottom-quarks (VLBs), specifically focusing on their behavior in the alignment limit of a Type-II Yukawa structure. We examine the potential for detecting VLBs at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and analyze their decay signatures, encompassing both Standard Model (SM) processes and exotic decays. The objective is to differentiate among singlet, doublet, and triplet configurations of VLBs by identifying distinct decay patterns, thereby providing insights into the structure of Beyond the SM (BSM) physics.
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