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Search for light scalar particles produced in Higgs boson decays in exclusive final states with two muons and two hadrons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

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Pith's one-line read The CMS Collaboration reports upper limits of order 10^{-4} on the branching fraction of the Higgs boson to pairs of light scalar particles.

desk verdict CMS sets new O(10^{-4}) limits on light scalars from Higgs in the 0.4-2 GeV window via collimated muon-hadron pairs, extending prior work with a hadronic focus, though background subtraction in those topologies remains the least transparent step. read the letter →

arxiv 2605.27875 v1 pith:XZILML4C submitted 2026-05-27 hep-ex

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The reading

The paper searches for light scalar particles with masses between 0.4 and 2.0 GeV produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson. It examines proton-proton collision data collected at 13 TeV, looking for signatures of two collimated muon pairs and two hadron pairs that could come from the scalars decaying. No excess events beyond expected backgrounds are found in the data corresponding to 138 fb^{-1}. This result sets new upper limits on the Higgs branching fraction to these scalars at the level of 10^{-4} for various masses and decay lengths up to 1 mm. The approach is novel in its focus on hadronic decays in this mass window.

What carries the argument

The central mechanism is the identification of collimated pairs of muons and hadrons from the decays of the scalar particles, allowing separation of signal from background in both prompt and displaced vertex scenarios.

What would settle it

Detection of a significant number of events above the predicted background in the signal regions would indicate the production of the scalar particles.

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Core claim

The analysis targets Higgs boson decays to pairs of identical scalar particles that each decay to a muon pair or a pair of charged hadrons. With no observed signal in the exclusive final states, the paper establishes upper limits on the branching fraction at O(10^{-4}) for scalar masses from 0.4 to 2.0 GeV and proper decay lengths up to approximately 1 mm.

Load-bearing premise

The limits rely on the accurate modeling and subtraction of standard model background processes in the regions defined by the collimated muon and hadron pairs.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Constrains the parameter space for models with light scalars produced in Higgs decays.
  • Provides limits for both prompt and long-lived scalars with decay lengths up to 1 mm.
  • Improves sensitivity to very light scalar masses where hadronic decays are prominent.
  • Shows the viability of using mixed muon-hadron final states for such searches.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Future data taking could tighten these limits further by increasing the integrated luminosity.
  • Similar techniques might apply to searches for other light particles in Higgs decays at the LHC.
  • The results could inform theoretical models of extended scalar sectors or hidden sector particles.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents a search for light scalar particles produced in Higgs boson decays to pairs of identical scalars, using exclusive final states consisting of two muons and two charged hadrons (kaons or pions) in CMS proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV with 138 fb^{-1} integrated luminosity. The analysis targets scalar masses in 0.4-2.0 GeV and proper decay lengths cτ up to 100 mm, setting upper limits on the Higgs branching fraction to these scalars at the O(10^{-4}) level for several masses with cτ up to ~1 mm.

Significance. If the central result holds after validation, the work would constrain light scalar models in a mass window where hadronic decays dominate, using a novel collimated muon-hadron signature that improves sensitivity at very low masses. The large dataset and inclusion of displaced vertices contribute to the reach.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract (background estimation and results sections)] The abstract states that limits are obtained after background subtraction in the collimated muon-hadron regions, but provides no quantitative details on background modeling (e.g., QCD multijet or Drell-Yan contributions), data/MC agreement, or control-region validation. Since the O(10^{-4}) limits scale directly with the accuracy of this subtraction, the absence of such validation makes it impossible to confirm that the background uncertainty is sub-dominant to the claimed sensitivity.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract reports limits only up to cτ ~1 mm while the search targets up to 100 mm; a brief clarification of the effective coverage after selections would improve clarity.

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We thank the referee for the careful review. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract (background estimation and results sections)] The abstract states that limits are obtained after background subtraction in the collimated muon-hadron regions, but provides no quantitative details on background modeling (e.g., QCD multijet or Drell-Yan contributions), data/MC agreement, or control-region validation. Since the O(10^{-4}) limits scale directly with the accuracy of this subtraction, the absence of such validation makes it impossible to confirm that the background uncertainty is sub-dominant to the claimed sensitivity.

    Authors: The abstract is necessarily concise. The full manuscript contains a dedicated Background Estimation section describing the data-driven modeling of QCD multijet and Drell-Yan backgrounds, together with explicit data/MC comparisons and control-region validations shown in the Results section. These studies confirm that the background uncertainty is sub-dominant to the statistical component in the signal regions used for the limit extraction. We are prepared to add one sentence to the abstract summarizing the data-driven subtraction approach if the editor considers it appropriate. revision: partial

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No circularity in experimental limit-setting analysis

full rationale

This is a standard CMS experimental search paper that extracts upper limits on Higgs branching fractions from 138 fb^{-1} of 13 TeV data by comparing observed events in signal regions (collimated muon-hadron pairs, mass windows 0.4-2.0 GeV, cτ up to ~1 mm) against modeled SM backgrounds. No equations, fits, or ansatzes are presented as 'predictions' that reduce to the inputs by construction; the result is data-driven and externally falsifiable via the observed counts. No self-citation chains or uniqueness theorems are invoked as load-bearing steps. The analysis is self-contained against external benchmarks (data/MC comparisons and control regions), yielding a normal non-finding of circularity.

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abstract

A search for new scalar particles of $\mathcal{O}$(GeV) mass in exclusive final states with muons and light hadrons is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data produced at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 201$-$2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{-1}$. The search targets exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of prompt or long-lived identical scalar particles with proper decay lengths $c\tau$ up to 100 mm and masses within the range of 0.4$-$2.0 GeV. This mass window corresponds to a unique parameter space where hadronic decays of these particles mostly result in a pair of light hadrons. The considered experimental signature is a collimated pair of muons and another pair of charged kaons or pions, each of which may be prompt or displaced. The analysis improves the sensitivity to very light scalar boson masses and demonstrates a novel approach to probe hadronic decays of light scalar bosons. Upper limits on the branching fraction of the Higgs boson to scalar bosons at the level of $\mathcal{O}$(10$^{-4}$) are obtained for several scalar boson masses between 0.4 and 2.0 GeV, with proper decay lengths of up to $\sim$1 mm.

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Figure 1. The values of the S → K +K − and S → π +π − branching fractions as functions of the light scalar boson mass are taken from Refs. [12, 25]. The results of the search are interpreted as upper limits on the branching fraction of the Higgs boson into scalar bosons as functions of the scalar boson mass and decay length. H S S g g π +/K + π −/K − µ + µ − [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Two-dimensional distribution of the invariant masses [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Two-dimensional distribution of the transverse displacement significance [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Four-object invariant mass distributions in data (black dots with error bars) and for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Average diobject invariant mass distributions in the SR for the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: The four-object invariant mass distribution for the 2016–2018 dataset in the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Observed (solid black line) and expected (dashed black line) exclusion limits on the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_7.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Observed (solid black line) and expected (dashed black line) exclusion limits on the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Observed upper limit on the branching fraction [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_9.png]

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