A Symmetric Two Higgs Doublet Model

Abstract

After the discovery of a SM-like scalar state with mass of 125 GeV in 2012, the electroweak sector demands to be studied with all possible theoretical and experimental efforts. In this work we present a symmetric two Higgs doublet model with a discrete interchange symmetry between the two Higgs doublets ($\Phi_1$ $\leftrightarrow$ $\Phi_2$). Apart from the SM-like scalar state (h) with $m_h = 125 $ GeV, the model has several distinguishing features including the pseudoscalar (A), the charged scalars($H^\pm$) and the neutral scalar H, which do not have any direct coupling to fermions. The neutral scalar $H$ can have mass lighter than the 125 GeV SM-like Higgs state $h$. Due to the presence of a residual $Z_2$ symmetry after the Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SSB), the neutral scalar $H$ emerges as the Dark Matter candidate in this scenario. As an effect of this possibility, the SM-like scalar $h$ will have an extra invisible decay mode of $h \rightarrow H H$ in this framework. We propose the model and discuss some of the interesting features with a guideline of possible phenomenological searches at the LHC present in this scenario.