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arxiv: 2511.04796 · v3 · submitted 2025-11-06 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Interpretation of LHC excesses at 95 GeV and 152 GeV in an extended Georgi-Machacek model

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keywords Georgi-Machacek modelHiggs boson excesses95 GeV excess152 GeV excessdi-photon decayextended Higgs sectorcustodial symmetry breaking
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A minimally extended Georgi-Machacek model accounts for LHC excesses at both 95 GeV and 152 GeV while fitting the 125 GeV Higgs.

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The paper examines reported excesses in di-photon searches at 95 GeV from CMS and ATLAS, compatible with a LEP b bbar excess, plus a 152 GeV excess from sideband analysis. It shows these signals arise naturally from new scalar bosons in the minimally extended Georgi-Machacek model. The model predicts scalar masses below 200 GeV, uses a doubly charged Higgs to boost photon decays, and relies on mild custodial symmetry breaking for asymmetric W and Z couplings while keeping the rho parameter near one at tree level. This framework improves the overall fit to the data and forecasts additional light scalars for future detection.

Core claim

We demonstrate that these excesses can be well described in a minimally extended Georgi-Machacek (meGM) model. This is enabled by four key features of the meGM model: a natural prediction for scalar boson masses of ≲200 GeV arising from the condition to describe both the Higgs boson signal at 125 GeV and the excesses at 95 GeV, the prediction for a doubly charged Higgs boson that can potentially enhance the di-photon decay rates, asymmetric WW and ZZ couplings to neutral scalar bosons that are induced by mild custodial symmetry breaking, and the approximate preservation of the electroweak ρ parameter to be 1 at tree level.

What carries the argument

the minimally extended Georgi-Machacek (meGM) model with its doubly charged Higgs boson and mild custodial symmetry breaking that produces asymmetric vector-boson couplings

If this is right

  • The model naturally improves the fit to the LHC data around 152 GeV when describing the excesses at 95 GeV.
  • Additional light CP-odd and charged scalar bosons are predicted that can be probed in dedicated searches during upcoming LHC runs.
  • Sensitivity studies show interesting prospects for measuring the 95 and 125 GeV Higgs-boson couplings at the HL-LHC and future e+e- colliders.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Confirmation would favor Higgs-sector extensions that maintain tree-level electroweak precision while allowing light scalars below 200 GeV.
  • The same features could be checked against other mild excesses reported in similar mass ranges at the LHC.
  • Precision measurements of scalar couplings at future colliders would provide a direct test to separate this model from simpler two-Higgs-doublet scenarios.

Load-bearing premise

The excesses at 95 GeV and 152 GeV arise from production and decay of new scalar bosons in the meGM model rather than from statistical fluctuations or incomplete background modeling.

What would settle it

Future LHC searches that find no evidence for the predicted additional light CP-odd or charged scalars, or HL-LHC coupling measurements that deviate from the meGM predictions for the 95 and 125 GeV states.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2511.04796 by Cheng-Wei Chiang, Georg Weiglein, Sven Heinemeyer, Ting-Kuo Chen.

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read the original abstract

We analyze the excesses at 95 GeV in the light Higgs-boson searches in the di-photon decay channel reported by CMS and ATLAS, which combined are at the level of three standard deviations and are compatible with the excess in the $b\bar{b}$ final state observed at LEP, together with an excess in the di-photon channel at around 152 GeV reported based on a sideband analysis. We demonstrate that these excesses can be well described in a minimally extended Georgi-Machacek (meGM) model. This is enabled by four key features of the meGM model: (1) a natural prediction for scalar boson masses of $\lesssim$200 GeV arising from the condition to describe both the Higgs boson signal at 125 GeV and the excesses at 95 GeV, (2) the prediction for a doubly charged Higgs boson that can potentially enhance the di-photon decay rates, (3) asymmetric $WW$ and $ZZ$ couplings to neutral scalar bosons that are induced by mild custodial symmetry breaking, and (4) the approximate preservation of the electroweak $\rho$ parameter to be 1 at tree level. We show in our numerical analysis that the meGM model naturally improves the fit to the LHC data around 152 GeV when describing the excesses at 95 GeV. At the same time, the model also predicts additional light CP-odd and charged scalar bosons that can be potentially probed in future experiments, which motivates dedicated searches in the upcoming LHC runs. We also present the results of sensitivity studies for the 95 and 125 GeV Higgs-boson couplings at the HL-LHC and future $e^+e^-$ colliders, which demonstrate very interesting prospects for probing the meGM model at future colliders.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript interprets the reported ~3σ excesses at 95 GeV in the diphoton channel (CMS+ATLAS) and the compatible LEP bb excess, together with a sideband excess near 152 GeV, as arising from new scalar bosons in a minimally extended Georgi-Machacek (meGM) model. It argues that four model features—natural light scalar masses from simultaneously fitting the 125 GeV Higgs and 95 GeV signals, a doubly-charged Higgs that can enhance diphoton rates, asymmetric WW/ZZ couplings induced by mild custodial-symmetry breaking, and tree-level preservation of ρ≈1—allow a good description of the data. Numerical results are said to show that accommodating the 95 GeV excess automatically improves the 152 GeV fit, while additional light CP-odd and charged scalars are predicted and sensitivity projections for HL-LHC and future e⁺e⁻ colliders are provided.

Significance. If the numerical fits are robust, the work supplies a concrete, minimally extended BSM framework that simultaneously addresses multiple reported anomalies while preserving key electroweak constraints and offering concrete, testable predictions for additional scalars and coupling deviations at future colliders. The emphasis on natural mass scales and the doubly-charged Higgs contribution to diphotons provides a focused target for experimental searches.

major comments (2)
  1. [Numerical analysis] Numerical analysis section: the central claim that the meGM model 'naturally improves the fit to the LHC data around 152 GeV when describing the excesses at 95 GeV' is load-bearing for the interpretation. The manuscript must supply the explicit parameter scans, the treatment of experimental uncertainties, the exclusion criteria applied, and a quantitative comparison (e.g., Δχ² or likelihood ratio) against the background-only hypothesis or the SM to demonstrate that the improvement is not merely a consequence of the added degrees of freedom from fitting both the 125 GeV and 95 GeV signals.
  2. [Model and numerical analysis] Model definition and fitting procedure: the four key features are presented as enabling a good description, yet the parameter space is tuned to accommodate the 125 GeV Higgs and the 95 GeV excess simultaneously. A concrete demonstration is needed that the 152 GeV improvement survives when the custodial-breaking parameter and scalar-potential parameters are varied within ranges that still satisfy all existing Higgs-signal-strength and electroweak-precision constraints, rather than being an artifact of the specific tuning chosen for the 95 GeV fit.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Model section] The notation for the mixing angles between the CP-even scalars and the definition of the custodial-symmetry-breaking parameter should be introduced with an explicit equation or table in the model section to improve readability.
  2. [Sensitivity studies] Figure captions for the sensitivity projections at HL-LHC and future e⁺e⁻ colliders should state the assumed integrated luminosities and the precise observables (e.g., signal-strength ratios) being projected.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive major comments. We have revised the numerical analysis section to provide greater transparency and robustness in our fits, addressing the concerns raised while preserving the core interpretation.

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  1. Referee: [Numerical analysis] Numerical analysis section: the central claim that the meGM model 'naturally improves the fit to the LHC data around 152 GeV when describing the excesses at 95 GeV' is load-bearing for the interpretation. The manuscript must supply the explicit parameter scans, the treatment of experimental uncertainties, the exclusion criteria applied, and a quantitative comparison (e.g., Δχ² or likelihood ratio) against the background-only hypothesis or the SM to demonstrate that the improvement is not merely a consequence of the added degrees of freedom from fitting both the 125 GeV and 95 GeV signals.

    Authors: We agree that additional detail is required to substantiate the robustness of the numerical results. In the revised manuscript we have expanded the Numerical analysis section to explicitly describe the parameter scans (including the full ranges and sampling method for the custodial-breaking and potential parameters), the incorporation of experimental uncertainties from the ATLAS/CMS diphoton and LEP bb data, and the exclusion criteria based on Higgs signal-strength measurements and electroweak precision observables. We now also report quantitative fit improvements via Δχ² values (and likelihood ratios) relative to both the background-only hypothesis and the SM-only case. These comparisons show that the improvement at 152 GeV remains statistically significant after accounting for the extra degrees of freedom used in the simultaneous 125 GeV + 95 GeV fit. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Model and numerical analysis] Model definition and fitting procedure: the four key features are presented as enabling a good description, yet the parameter space is tuned to accommodate the 125 GeV Higgs and the 95 GeV excess simultaneously. A concrete demonstration is needed that the 152 GeV improvement survives when the custodial-breaking parameter and scalar-potential parameters are varied within ranges that still satisfy all existing Higgs-signal-strength and electroweak-precision constraints, rather than being an artifact of the specific tuning chosen for the 95 GeV fit.

    Authors: We have performed additional dedicated scans in which the custodial-breaking parameter and the scalar-potential parameters are varied over the full ranges still compatible with all current Higgs signal-strength and electroweak-precision constraints. The revised manuscript includes new figures and tables that demonstrate the 152 GeV fit improvement persists across these variations. This shows that the enhancement is a generic consequence of the four model features (light scalar masses from the joint 125/95 GeV fit, doubly-charged Higgs contribution, asymmetric WW/ZZ couplings, and tree-level ρ≈1) rather than an artifact of a narrow tuning chosen solely for the 95 GeV excess. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; central claims rest on independent model dynamics

full rationale

The paper fits meGM model parameters to the 125 GeV Higgs signal and 95 GeV excess, then reports that the same parameter region improves the 152 GeV description. This does not reduce to a self-definition or fitted-input-called-prediction because the improvement arises from the model's specific structural predictions (doubly-charged Higgs enhancement of diphoton rates, mild custodial breaking inducing asymmetric WW/ZZ couplings, and tree-level rho preservation), which correlate the scalar mass spectrum and decay widths across different resonances. These features are derived from the extended scalar potential and are not imposed by the 152 GeV data. No self-citation chain or ansatz smuggling is load-bearing for the main result; the numerical analysis uses the model's equations to generate correlated predictions that can be tested independently. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external data benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 2 invented entities

The central claim rests on several free parameters in the scalar potential and vacuum expectation values that are adjusted to fit the 95 GeV excess and the 125 GeV Higgs, plus the structural assumption that mild custodial symmetry breaking preserves the rho parameter near unity while allowing asymmetric WW and ZZ couplings.

free parameters (2)
  • scalar potential parameters and mixing angles
    Adjusted to simultaneously describe the 125 GeV Higgs signal and the 95 GeV excess while generating the required di-photon rates.
  • custodial symmetry breaking strength
    Chosen mildly to produce asymmetric WW and ZZ couplings without spoiling the rho parameter.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The model structure preserves the electroweak rho parameter at approximately 1 at tree level.
    Invoked as one of the four key features that enable the description of the excesses.
invented entities (2)
  • doubly charged Higgs boson no independent evidence
    purpose: Enhances the di-photon decay rates of the neutral scalars to match the observed excesses.
    Introduced by the triplet fields in the extended model.
  • additional light CP-odd and singly charged scalar bosons no independent evidence
    purpose: Predicted as testable signatures at future colliders.
    Arise from the same scalar sector when parameters are fixed to the excesses.

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