Search for Higgs boson compositeness effects in high-mass dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 and 13.6 TeV

@misc{gevorgyan2026search,
  title = {{Search for Higgs boson compositeness effects in high-mass dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrts$ = 13 and 13.6 TeV}},
  author = {Arzunik Gevorgyan and Aram Hayrapetyan and Vladimir Makarenko and Armen Tumasyan and Priya Sajid Hussain and Mangesh Sonawane and Wolfgang Adam and Lisa Benato and Thomas Bergauer and Marko Dragicevic and Stefan Gundacker and Ali Kaan Guven and Manfred Jeitler and Natascha Krammer and Ang Li and Dietrich Liko and Mark Nicholas Matthewman and Andreas Pfeiffer and Jochen Schieck and Robert Schoefbeck and Maryam Shooshtari and Niels van den Bossche and Wolfgang Waltenberger and Claudia Wulz and Tahys Janssen and Daniel Ocampo Henao and Thomas van Laer and Pierre van Mechelen and Donya Ahmadi and Jas Bierkens and Nordin Breugelmans and Soumya Dansana and Alexandre de Moor and Martin Delcourt and Stef Duponcheel and Chirayu Gupta and Felix Johannes Heyen and Yanwen Hong and Kai Kang and Pavlo Kashko and Steven Lowette and Inna Makarenko and Saranya Nandakumar and Jeremi Niedziela and Stefaan Tavernier and Michael Tytgat and Gerrit van Onsem and Senne van Putte and Tiepolo Wybouw and Aya Beshr and Bugra Bilin and Franco Caviglia Roman and Barbara Clerbaux and Aloke Kumar Das and Isabelle de Bruyn and Gilles de Lentdecker and Eliott Ducarme and Hugues Evard and Laurent Favart and Ilia Kalaitzidou},
  howpublished = {HAL},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.04782},
  eprint = {2610.04782},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-05829721v1},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Search for Higgs boson compositeness effects in high-mass dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 and 13.6 TeV
AU  - Arzunik Gevorgyan
AU  - Aram Hayrapetyan
AU  - Vladimir Makarenko
AU  - Armen Tumasyan
AU  - Priya Sajid Hussain
AU  - Mangesh Sonawane
AU  - Wolfgang Adam
AU  - Lisa Benato
AU  - Thomas Bergauer
AU  - Marko Dragicevic
AU  - Stefan Gundacker
AU  - Ali Kaan Guven
AU  - Manfred Jeitler
AU  - Natascha Krammer
AU  - Ang Li
AU  - Dietrich Liko
AU  - Mark Nicholas Matthewman
AU  - Andreas Pfeiffer
AU  - Jochen Schieck
AU  - Robert Schoefbeck
AU  - Maryam Shooshtari
AU  - Niels van den Bossche
AU  - Wolfgang Waltenberger
AU  - Claudia Wulz
AU  - Tahys Janssen
AU  - Daniel Ocampo Henao
AU  - Thomas van Laer
AU  - Pierre van Mechelen
AU  - Donya Ahmadi
AU  - Jas Bierkens
AU  - Nordin Breugelmans
AU  - Soumya Dansana
AU  - Alexandre de Moor
AU  - Martin Delcourt
AU  - Stef Duponcheel
AU  - Chirayu Gupta
AU  - Felix Johannes Heyen
AU  - Yanwen Hong
AU  - Kai Kang
AU  - Pavlo Kashko
AU  - Steven Lowette
AU  - Inna Makarenko
AU  - Saranya Nandakumar
AU  - Jeremi Niedziela
AU  - Stefaan Tavernier
AU  - Michael Tytgat
AU  - Gerrit van Onsem
AU  - Senne van Putte
AU  - Tiepolo Wybouw
AU  - Aya Beshr
AU  - Bugra Bilin
AU  - Franco Caviglia Roman
AU  - Barbara Clerbaux
AU  - Aloke Kumar Das
AU  - Isabelle de Bruyn
AU  - Gilles de Lentdecker
AU  - Eliott Ducarme
AU  - Hugues Evard
AU  - Laurent Favart
AU  - Ilia Kalaitzidou
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/03
PB  - HAL
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.04782
UR  - https://hal.science/hal-05829721v1
AB  - A search for beyond the standard model effects in high-mass dielectron and dimuon final states with the CMS detector is performed, with a specific focus on Higgs boson compositeness. The search uses data collected at the LHC at 13 and 13.6 TeV center-of-mass energies, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 207 fb^−1. Compositeness would manifest as distortions in the observed dilepton mass spectrum and the presence of bound states, such as the Higgs boson and new massive vector boson resonances. Assuming the existence of new boson states with masses well above the TeV scale, an effective field theory approach provides stringent bounds on the oblique parameters 𝒲 and 𝒴, which are zero in the standard model. One-dimensional fits, in which only one of the oblique parameters is allowed to deviate from zero, provide the following limits: −3.9 × 10^−4lt 𝒴 lt 3.5 × 10^−4 and −2.1 × 10^−4 lt 𝒲 lt 1.6 × 10^−4 at 95% confidence level. More stringent compositeness limits at the TeV scale are set in several new physics scenarios under the assumption that a new Z' resonance is physically present within or slightly above the visible dilepton mass spectrum. In this context, cases with large resonance decay widths are explored for the first time.
ER  -