We assume that the Higgs boson or a possible resonance—playing a role in strongly interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking—has been discovered at the LHC, and we propose a search strategy to determine its spin based on two simple asymmetries in the 𝑍𝑍, 𝑊+𝑊−, and 𝑡 ‾ 𝑡 decay channels. We consider some benchmark values for its mass (above the 𝑍𝑍 threshold, in the interval from 182 GeV/𝑐2 to 1 TeV/𝑐2) and discuss the relative advantages of the different decay processes. A full analysis, including the background, is given. For a center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV, we find that the lowest integrated luminosity required to discriminate between the different spins is, depending on the process and the resonance mass, between 40 fb−1 and 250 fb−1.
De Sanctis, U., Fabbrichesi, M., Tonero, A. (2011). Telling the spin of the 'Higgs boson' at the LHC. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 84(1) [10.1103/PhysRevD.84.015013].
Telling the spin of the 'Higgs boson' at the LHC
De Sanctis, U.
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2011-01-01
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We assume that the Higgs boson or a possible resonance—playing a role in strongly interacting models of electroweak symmetry breaking—has been discovered at the LHC, and we propose a search strategy to determine its spin based on two simple asymmetries in the 𝑍𝑍, 𝑊+𝑊−, and 𝑡 ‾ 𝑡 decay channels. We consider some benchmark values for its mass (above the 𝑍𝑍 threshold, in the interval from 182 GeV/𝑐2 to 1 TeV/𝑐2) and discuss the relative advantages of the different decay processes. A full analysis, including the background, is given. For a center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV, we find that the lowest integrated luminosity required to discriminate between the different spins is, depending on the process and the resonance mass, between 40 fb−1 and 250 fb−1.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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