A light CP-odd Higgs boson of the MSSM Higgs sector extended by dimension-six operators

Abstract

The possibility of identification of an observable CMS µ + µ − excess at 28 GeV in the channel pp → µ + µ − b b at √ s=8 TeV and 13 TeV as a manifestation of one of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) Higgs bosons is investigated. The MSSM parametric scenarios in the regime of large threshold corrections involving lowmass CP-odd scalar, a 125 GeV CP-even scalar and other Higgs bosons with suitable masses are found, where the alignment limit conditions for the Higgs couplings are respected. Perturbative unitarity bounds and constraints on the electroweak vacuum stability are discussed in the regime of substantial couplings with the top-and bottom superpartners. LHC phenomenology including top-quark decay in such a regime is analyzed.