@article{dda929f2636b4fa1b3106423506dcb9b,
title = "Exotic Higgs boson decays and the electroweak phase transition",
abstract = "Light new physics weakly coupled to the Higgs can induce a strong first-order electroweak phase transition (EWPT). Here, we argue that scenarios in which the EWPT is driven first-order by a light scalar with mass between ∼10 GeV-mh/2 and small mixing with the Higgs will be conclusively probed by the high-luminosity LHC and future Higgs factories. Our arguments are based on analytic and numerical studies of the finite-temperature effective potential and provide a well-motivated target for exotic Higgs decay searches at the LHC and future lepton colliders.",
author = "Jonathan Kozaczuk and Ramsey-Musolf, \{Michael J.\} and Jessie Shelton",
note = "We thank Marcela Carena, Zhen Liu, and Yikun Wang for useful discussions of their work in a related scenario. We also thank Aqil Sajjad for collaboration in the early stages of this project. The work of J.\textbackslash{}u2009K. was supported by Department of Energy (DOE) Grant No. DE-SC0019195 and National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant No. PHY-1719642. M.\textbackslash{}u2009J.\textbackslash{}u2009R.\textbackslash{}u2009M. was supported in part under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-SC0011095. The work of J.\textbackslash{}u2009S. is supported by DOE Early Career Grant No. DE-SC0017840. The authors performed this work in part at the Aspen Center for Physics, which is supported by NSF Grant No. PHY-1607611.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.101.115035",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "101",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "11",
}