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  "abstract": "We show that there exists a theoretically well-motivated Higgs sector in which the conventional heavy-Higgs production mechanisms are suppressed. In this limit, the $b$-associated production channel assumes the role of the primary production mechanism. We demonstrate that the democratic three Higgs-doublet model (3HDM) provides a viable beyond the SM (BSM) framework in which this limit can be realized. We further show that existing $b$-associated searches provide the most sensitive LHC probe of this 3HDM scenario in the up-phobic limit and derive the corresponding constraints on its parameter space. We also present projections for future collider searches, demonstrating their potential to probe further regions of the model's up-phobic parameter space.",
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      "name": "Teesha Khandelwal"
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      "name": "Ipsita Saha"
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  "title": "Probing an up-phobic Higgs at colliders: the role of $b$-associated production in the democratic 3HDM",
  "title_text": "Probing an up-phobic Higgs at colliders: the role of b-associated production in the democratic 3HDM",
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