Flavorful two-Higgs-doublet models with a twist
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Abstract
We explore two-Higgs-doublet models with nonstandard flavor structures. In analogy to the four well-studied models with natural flavor conservation (type 1, type 2, lepton-specific, and flipped), we identify four models that preserve an approximate $U(2{)}^{5}$ flavor symmetry acting on the first two generations. In all four models, the couplings of the 125 GeV Higgs are modified in characteristic flavor nonuniversal ways. The heavy neutral and charged Higgs bosons show an interesting nonstandard phenomenology. We discuss their production and decay modes and identify the most sensitive search channels at the LHC. We study the effects on low energy flavor violating processes, finding relevant constraints from ${B}_{d}$ and ${B}_{s}$ meson oscillations and from the rare decay ${B}_{s}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$. We also find that lepton flavor violating $B$ meson decays like ${B}_{s}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\tau}\ensuremath{\mu}$ and $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}\ensuremath{\tau}\ensuremath{\mu}$ might have branching ratios at an observable level.