Physics Letters B 757 (2016) 223–230
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Implications of the diphoton excess on left–right models and gauge
unification
Frank F. Deppisch
a
, Chandan Hati
b,c
, Sudhanwa Patra
d,∗
, Prativa Pritimita
d
, Utpal Sarkar
b
a
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
b
Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
c
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad 382 424, India
d
Center of Excellence in Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar-751030, India
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history:
Received
19 January 2016
Received
in revised form 10 March 2016
Accepted
30 March 2016
Available
online 4 April 2016
Editor:
M. Cveti
ˇ
c
The recent diphoton excess signal at an invariant mass of 750 GeV can be interpreted in the framework
of left–right symmetric models with additional scalar singlets and vector-like fermions. We propose a
minimal scenario for such a purpose. Extending the LRSM framework to include these new vector-like
fermionic fields, on the other hand, results in interesting phenomenological implications for the LRSM
fermion masses and mixing. Furthermore, existence of such vector-like fermions can also have interesting
implications for baryogenesis and the dark matter sector. The introduction of a real bi-triplet scalar which
contains a potential DM candidate will allow the gauge couplings to unify at ≈10
17.7
GeV.
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1. Introduction
The CMS and ATLAS Collaborations have recently reported a
roughly 3σ excess in the diphoton channel at an invariant mass
of about 750 GeV in the first 3fb
−1
of collected data from Run 2
of the LHC at 13 TeV [1,2]. The Landau–Yang theorem forbids the
possibility of a massive spin one resonance decaying to γγ. The
leading interpretations of the excess within the context of new
physics scenarios therefore consist of postulating a fundamental
spin zero or spin two particle with mass of about 750 GeV. How-
ever
no enhancements have been seen in the dijet, t
¯
t, diboson or
dilepton channels posing a clear challenge to the possible inter-
pretations
of this excess. The absence of a peaked γγ angular
distribution in the observed events towards the beam direction
disfavours [3] the spin two hypothesis and the spin zero resonance
interpretation seems more favourable from a theoretical point of
view.
A
large number of interpretations of the diphoton signal in
terms of physics beyond the Standard Model have been proposed
in the literature [4–136]. One of the possibilities that has been
largely explored in the literature is a scalar or pseudo-scalar res-
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Corresponding author.
E-mail
addresses: f.deppisch@ucl.ac.uk (F.F. Deppisch), chandan@prl.res.in
(C. Hati),
sudha.astro@gmail.com (S. Patra), pratibha.pritimita@gmail.com
(P. Pritimita),
utpal@prl.res.in (U. Sarkar).
onance produced through gluon–gluon fusion and decaying to γγ
via loop diagrams with circulating fermions or bosons. Anew res-
onance
coupling with the Standard Model (SM) t quark or W
±
can give rise to such loop diagrams, however, they will be highly
suppressed at the large γγ invariant masses and the dominant
decay channel would have to be t
¯
t or W
+
W
−
. Hence the obser-
vation
of the γγ resonance at 750 GeV (much greater than the
electroweak symmetry breaking scale) hints towards the existence
of vector-like fermions around that mass scale. Given that both the
ATLAS and CMS Collaborations have suggested signal events con-
sistent
with each other at a tempting 3σ statistical significance
level, hinting towards a new physics scenario, it is important to
explore the possible model framework that can naturally accom-
modate
such vector-like fermions.
From a theoretical stand point, aframework that can explain
the diphoton excess while being consistent with other searches for
new physics is particularly intriguing. To this end, one must men-
tion
the results reported by the CMS Collaboration in the first run
of LHC for the right-handed gauge boson W
R
search at
√
s =8TeV
and
19.7fb
−1
of integrated luminosity [137]. A2.8σ local excess
was reported in the eej j channel in the energy range 1.8TeV<
m
ee jj
< 2.2TeV, hinting at a right handed gauge counterpart of the
SM SU(2)
L
broken around the TeV scale. The Left–Right Symmet-
ric
Model (LRSM) framework with g
R
= g
L
can explain such signal
with the possibility of being embedded into a ultraviolet complete
higher gauge group [138–141]. It is thus an interesting exercise to
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