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Exploring scalar and vector bileptons at the LHC in a 331 model. (English) Zbl 1398.81296
Summary: We present an analysis on the production of two same-sign lepton pairs at the LHC, mediated by bileptons in the $$\mathrm{SU}(3)_c \times \mathrm{SU}(3)_L \times \mathrm U(1)_X$$ theory, the so-called 331 model. Compared to other 331 scenarios, in this model the embedding of the hypercharge is obtained with the addition of 3 exotic quarks and doubly-charged vector gauge bosons with lepton numbers $$\pm 2$$ in the spectrum $$(Y^{\pm \pm})$$, which can mediate the production of four-lepton final states. Furthermore, a complete description of the model requires the introduction of a Higgs scalar sector, which is a sextet of $$\mathrm{SU}(3)_L$$, necessary in order to correctly account for the lepton masses. As a result of this, new doubly-charged scalar states $$H^{\pm \pm}$$ are part of the spectrum as well and can in principle compete with the vector bileptons in giving rise to four-lepton final states. We investigate both channels and study several observables at the LHC, for both signal and Standard Model $$ZZ$$ background. With respect to previous work on vector- and scalar-bilepton production, we use the most updated exclusion limits at the LHC and implement the 331 model in a full Monte Carlo simulation code, capable of being interfaced with any analysis framework. Our result is that the 331 signal can be discriminated from the background with a significance of 6–9 standard deviations, depending on the LHC luminosity, with the vector bileptons dominating over the scalar ones.
##### MSC:
 81V22 Unified quantum theories 81T10 Model quantum field theories
##### Software:
FORM; HERWIG 5.1; SARAH
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