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Title: Pseudoscalar pair production via off-shell Higgs in composite Higgs models

Abstract

We propose a new type of search for a pseudoscalar particle \eta η pair produced via an off-shell Higgs, pp\to h^*\to \eta\eta p p h * η η . The search is motivated by a composite Higgs model in which the \eta η is extremely narrow and decays almost exclusively into Z\gamma Z γ in the mass range 65{\mathrm{GeV}}\lesssim m_\eta \lesssim 160{\mathrm{GeV}} 65 G e V m η 160 G e V . We devise an analysis strategy to observe the novel Z\gamma Z\gamma Z γ Z γ channel and estimate potential bounds on the Higgs- \eta η coupling. The experimental sensitivity to the signatures depends on the power to identify fake photons and on the ability to predict large photon multiplicities. This search allows us to exclude large values of the compositeness scale f f , being thus complementary to other typical processes.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Chalmers University of Technology
  2. University of Kansas
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Strategic Program Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
OSTI Identifier:
1720206
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1852461
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0017988; 11947302; 11690022; 11851302; 11675243; 11761141011; XDB21010200; XDB23000000
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
SciPost Physics Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: SciPost Physics Proceedings Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4653
Publisher:
Stichting SciPost
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics

Citation Formats

Buarque Franzosi, Diogo, Ferretti, Gabriele, Huang, Li, and Shu, Jing. Pseudoscalar pair production via off-shell Higgs in composite Higgs models. Netherlands: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.5.077.
Buarque Franzosi, Diogo, Ferretti, Gabriele, Huang, Li, & Shu, Jing. Pseudoscalar pair production via off-shell Higgs in composite Higgs models. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.5.077
Buarque Franzosi, Diogo, Ferretti, Gabriele, Huang, Li, and Shu, Jing. Fri . "Pseudoscalar pair production via off-shell Higgs in composite Higgs models". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.5.077.
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abstractNote = {We propose a new type of search for a pseudoscalar particle \eta η pair produced via an off-shell Higgs, pp\to h^*\to \eta\eta p p → h * → η η . The search is motivated by a composite Higgs model in which the \eta η is extremely narrow and decays almost exclusively into Z\gamma Z γ in the mass range 65{\mathrm{GeV}}\lesssim m_\eta \lesssim 160{\mathrm{GeV}} 65 G e V ≲ m η ≲ 160 G e V . We devise an analysis strategy to observe the novel Z\gamma Z\gamma Z γ Z γ channel and estimate potential bounds on the Higgs- \eta η coupling. The experimental sensitivity to the signatures depends on the power to identify fake photons and on the ability to predict large photon multiplicities. This search allows us to exclude large values of the compositeness scale f f , being thus complementary to other typical processes.},
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