Is the observed 125 GeV Higgs boson expected to be SM-like in the NMSSM?

Abstract

In the Next-to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) deviations from the SM signal strengths of the 125 GeV Higgs boson are expected, because of the mixing with the additional singlet-like Higgs boson and/or additional decays into pairs of light particles, like neutralinos, pseudo-scalar Higgs bosons or singlet Higgs bosons. In this paper the size of the possible deviations and their expected correlations or anti-correlations between \textit{bosonic} and \textit{fermionic} final states are analyzed using the efficient parameter scanning technique with complete coverage presented in a companion paper. The regions of parameter space with correlated or anti-correlated deviations of the signal strengths are identified.

Comments: 20 pages, 7 figures