Constraints on new scalars from the LHC 125 GeV Higgs signal

Abstract

We study the implications the recent results from the LHC Higgs searches have on scalar new physics. We study the impact on both the Higgs production and decay from scalars with and without color, and in cases where decoupling does and does not happen. We investigate possible constraints on scalar parameters from the production rate in the diphoton channel, and also the two vector boson channels. Measurements from both channels can help disentangle new physics due to color from that due to charge, and thus reveal the nature of the new scalar states. © 2012 American Physical Society.