Revisiting the Higgs-mass calculation in the scale-invariant THDM

Abstract

We revisit the one-loop calculation of the Higgs-mass spectrum of the scale-invariant THDM, relying on a direct calculation of the relevant Feynman diagrams. We highlight a number of incorrect assumptions in earlier calculations that relied on the effective-potential approach. In contrast with the earlier findings, we show that the one-loop corrections can have an effect of $\mathcal{O}(10\%)$ on the predictions for the BSM-Higgs masses, and they can also induce non-negligible mixing between the SM-like and BSM states in the neutral-scalar sector.

Comments: 19 pages, 3 figures; v2: version published in Physical Review D