518 research outputs found
The measurement of the Higgs self-coupling at the LHC: theoretical status
Now that the Higgs boson has been observed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments
at the LHC, the next important step would be to measure accurately its
properties to establish the details of the electroweak symmetry breaking
mechanism. Among the measurements which need to be performed, the determination
of the Higgs self-coupling in processes where the Higgs boson is produced in
pairs is of utmost importance. In this paper, we discuss the various processes
which allow for the measurement of the trilinear Higgs coupling: double Higgs
production in the gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, double Higgs-strahlung and
associated production with a top quark pair. We first evaluate the production
cross sections for these processes at the LHC with center-of-mass energies
ranging from the present TeV to TeV, and discuss
their sensitivity to the trilinear Higgs coupling. We include the various
higher order QCD radiative corrections, at next-to-leading order for gluon and
vector boson fusion and at next-to-next-to-leading order for associated double
Higgs production with a gauge boson. The theoretical uncertainties on these
cross sections are estimated. Finally, we discuss the various channels which
could allow for the detection of the double Higgs production signal at the LHC
and the accuracy on the self-coupling that could be ultimately achieved.Comment: 37 pages, 10 tables, 17 figures. Typos corrected, matches the journal
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Bound-state/elementary-particle duality in the Higgs sector and the case for an excited 'Higgs' within the standard model
Though being weakly interacting, QED can support bound states. In principle,
this can be expected for the weak interactions in the Higgs sector as well. In
fact, it has been argued long ago that there should be a duality between bound
states and the elementary particles in this sector, at least in leading order
in an expansion in the Higgs condensate. Whether this remains true beyond the
leading order is investigated using lattice simulations, and support is found.
This provides a natural interpretation of peaks in cross sections as bound
states. Unambiguously, this would imply the existence of (possibly very broad)
resonances of Higgs and W and Z bound states within the standard model.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures v2: added appendix with technical details, some
minor improvement
Higgs Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
In this talk I will begin by summarising the importance of the Higgs physics
studies at the LHC. I will then give a short description of the pre-LHC
constraints on the Higgs mass and the theoretical predictions for the LHC along
with a discussion of the current experimental results, ending with prospects in
the near future at the LHC. In addition to the material covered in the
presented talk, I have included in the writeup, a critical appraisal of the
theoretical uncertainties in the Higgs cross-sections at the Tevatron as well
as a discussion of the recent experimental results from the LHC which have
become available since the time of the workshop.Comment: LateX, 12 figures, 15 pages, Presented at the XIth Workshop on High
Energy Physics Phenomenology, 2010, Ahmedabad, Indi
The apparent excess in the Higgs to di-photon rate at the LHC: New Physics or QCD uncertainties?
The Higgs boson with a mass GeV has been observed by the
ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC and a total significance of about five
standard deviations has been reported by both collaborations when the channels
and are combined. Nevertheless, while
the rates in the later search channel appear to be in accord with those
predicted in the Standard Model, there seems to be an excess of data in the
case of the discovery channel. Before invoking new physics
contributions to explain this excess in the di--photon Higgs rate, one should
verify that standard QCD effects cannot account for it. We describe how the
theoretical uncertainties in the Higgs boson cross section for the main
production process at the LHC, , which are known to be large, should
be incorporated in practice. We further show that the discrepancy between the
theoretical prediction and the measured value of the rate, reduces to about one standard deviation when the QCD
uncertainties are taken into account.Comment: LaTeX, 2 figures, 9 pages. Final version published in Physics Letters
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The Tevatron Higgs exclusion limits and theoretical uncertainties: a critical appraisal
We examine the exclusion limits set by the CDF and D0 experiments on the
Standard Model Higgs boson mass from their searches at the Tevatron in the
light of large theoretical uncertainties on the signal and background cross
sections. We show that when these uncertainties are consistently taken into
account, the sensitivity of the experiments becomes significantly lower and the
currently excluded mass range -175 GeV would be entirely reopened. The
necessary luminosity required to recover the current sensitivity is found to be
a factor of two higher than the present one.Comment: 11 pages, 5 Figures. Version published in Physics Letter B, including
an erratu
Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: A Comparative Review of Acidic and Alkaline Systems
In the last 20 years, direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been the subject of tremendous research efforts for the potential application as on-demand power sources. Two leading technologies respectively based on proton exchange membranes (PEMs) and anion exchange membranes (AEMs) have emerged: the first one operating in an acidic environment and conducting protons; the second one operating in alkaline electrolytes and conducting hydroxyl ions. In this review, we present an analysis of the state-of-the-art acidic and alkaline DAFCs fed with methanol and ethanol with the purpose to support a comparative analysis of acidic and alkaline systems, which is missing in the current literature. A special focus is placed on the effect of the reaction stoichiometry in acidic and alkaline systems. Particularly, we point out that, in alkaline systems, OH- participates stoichiometrically to reactions, and that alcohol oxidation products are anions. This aspect must be considered when designing the fuel and when making an energy evaluation from a whole system perspective
Multiband study of RX J0838-2827 and XMM J083850.4-282759: A new asynchronous magnetic cataclysmic variable and a candidate transitional millisecond pulsar
Indexación: Scopus.In a search for the counterpart to the Fermi-LAT source 3FGL J0838.8-2829, we performed a multiwavelength campaign: in the X-ray band with Swift and XMM-Newton; in the infrared and optical with OAGH, ESO-NTT and IAC80; and in the radio with ATCA observations. We also used archival hard X-ray data obtained by INTEGRAL. We report on three X-ray sources consistent with the position of the Fermi-LAT source.We confirm the identification of the brightest object, RX J0838-2827, as a magnetic cataclysmic variable that we recognize as an asynchronous system (not associated with the Fermi-LAT source). RX J0838-2827 is extremely variable in the X-ray and optical bands, and timing analysis reveals the presence of several periodicities modulating its X-ray and optical emission. The most evident modulations are interpreted as being caused by the binary system orbital period of ~1.64 h and the white dwarf spin period of ~1.47 h. A strong flux modulation at ~15 h is observed at all energy bands, consistent with the beat frequency between spin and orbital periods. Optical spectra show prominent Hß, He I and He II emission lines that are Doppler-modulated at the orbital period and at the beat period. Therefore, RX J0838-2827 accretes through a disc-less configuration and could be either a strongly asynchronous polar or a rare example of a pre-polar system on its way to reaching synchronism. Regarding the other two X-ray sources, XMM J083850.4-282759 showed a variable X-ray emission, with a powerful flare lasting for ~600 s, similar to what is observed in transitional millisecond pulsars during the subluminous disc state: this observation possibly means that this source can be associated with the Fermi-LAT source. © 2017 The Authors.https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/471/3/2902/408195
Higgs Physics: Theory
I review the theoretical aspects of the physics of Higgs bosons, focusing on
the elements that are relevant for the production and detection at present
hadron colliders. After briefly summarizing the basics of electroweak symmetry
breaking in the Standard Model, I discuss Higgs production at the LHC and at
the Tevatron, with some focus on the main production mechanism, the gluon-gluon
fusion process, and summarize the main Higgs decay modes and the experimental
detection channels. I then briefly survey the case of the minimal
supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. In a last section, I review the
prospects for determining the fundamental properties of the Higgs particles
once they have been experimentally observed.Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures. Talk given at the XXV International Symposium
on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies (Lepton Photon 11), 22-27
August 2011, Mumbai, Indi
The Left-Right asymmetry of top quarks in associated top-charged Higgs bosons at the LHC as a probe of the tan parameter
Many extensions of the Standard Model involve two Higgs doublet fields to
break the electroweak symmetry, leading to the existence of three neutral and
two charged Higgs particles. In particular, this is the case of the Minimal
Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, the MSSM. A very important
parameter is defined as the ratio of the vacuum expectation value
of the two Higgs doublets. In this paper we focus on the left-right asymmetry
in the production of polarised top quarks in association with charged Higgs
bosons at the LHC. This quantity allows for a theoretically clean determination
of . In the MSSM, the asymmetry remains sensitive to the strong and
electroweak radiative corrections and, thus, to the superparticle spectrum.
Some possible implications of these results are discussed
Direct detection of Higgs-portal dark matter at the LHC
We consider the process in which a Higgs particle is produced in association
with jets and show that monojet searches at the LHC already provide interesting
constraints on the invisible decays of a 125 GeV Higgs boson. Using the
existing monojet searches performed by CMS and ATLAS, we show the 95%
confidence level limit on the invisible Higgs decay rate is of the order of the
total Higgs production rate in the Standard Model. This limit could be
significantly improved when more data at higher center of mass energies are
collected, provided systematic errors on the Standard Model contribution to the
monojet background can be reduced. We also compare these direct constraints on
the invisible rate with indirect ones based on measuring the Higgs rates in
visible channels. In the context of Higgs portal models of dark matter, we then
discuss how the LHC limits on the invisible Higgs branching fraction impose
strong constraints on the dark matter scattering cross section on nucleons
probed in direct detection experiments.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures; v2: references added; v3: monojet and Higgs data
updated, version published in EPJ
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