BSM patterns in scalar-sector coupling modifiers

Abstract

We consider what multiple Higgs interactions may yet reveal about the scalar sector. We estimate the sensitivity of a Feynman topology-templated analysis of weak boson Higgs pair production at present and future colliders - where the signal is a function of the Higgs coupling modifiers $\kappa_V$, $\kappa_{2V}$, and $\kappa_\lambda$. While measurements are statistically limited at the LHC, they are under general perturbative control at present and future colliders, departures from the SM expectation give rise to a significant future potential for BSM discrimination in $\kappa_{2V}$. We explore the landscape of BSM models in the space of deviations in $\kappa_V$, $\kappa_{2V}$, and $\kappa_\lambda$, highlighting models that have measurable order-of-magnitude enhancements in either $\kappa_{2V}$ or $\kappa_\lambda$, relative to their deviation in the single Higgs coupling $\kappa_V$.