445 research outputs found
Semileptonic decays of the standard Higgs boson
The Higgs boson decay into a pair of real or virtual W bosons, with one of
them decaying leptonically, is predicted within the Standard Model to have the
largest branching fraction of all Higgs decays that involve an isolated
electron or muon, for M_h > 120 GeV. We compute analytically the
fully-differential width for this h -> l \nu jj decay at tree level, and then
explore some multi-dimensional cuts that preserve the region of large signal.
Future searches for semileptonic decays at the Tevatron and LHC, employing
fully-differential information as outlined here, may be essential for ruling
out or in the Higgs boson and for characterizing a Higgs signal.Comment: 17 pages, 5 .eps figure
Higgs boson enhancement effects on squark-pair production at the LHC
We study the Higgs boson effects on third-generation squark-pair production
in proton-proton collision at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), including
\Stop \Stop^*, \Stop\Sbot^*, and \Sbot \Sbot^*. We found that substantial
enhancement can be obtained through s-channel exchanges of Higgs bosons at
large , at which the enhancement mainly comes from , , and initial states. We compute the complete set of electroweak
(EW) contributions to all production channels. This completes previous
computations in the literature. We found that the EW contributions can be
significant and can reach up to 25% in more general scenarios and at the
resonance of the heavy Higgs boson. The size of Higgs enhancement is comparable
or even higher than the PDF uncertainties and so must be included in any
reliable analysis. A full analytical computation of all the EW contributions is
presented.Comment: 23 pages, 7 figures, 1 tabl
Review of Top Quark Physics
We present an overview of Top Quark Physics - from what has been learned so
far at the Tevatron, to the searches that lie ahead at present and future
colliders. We summarize the richness of the measurements and discuss their
possible impact on our understanding of the Standard Model by pointing out
their key elements and limitations. When possible, we discuss how the top quark
may provide a connection to new or unexpected physics.Comment: 84 pp. With permission from the Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle
Science. Final version of this material is scheduled to appear in the Annual
Review of Nuclear & Particle Science Vol. 53, to be published in December
2003 by Annual Reviews (http://www.annualreviews.org
Revealing the electroweak properties of a new scalar resonance
One or more new heavy resonances may be discovered in experiments at the CERN
Large Hadron Collider. In order to determine if such a resonance is the
long-awaited Higgs boson, it is essential to pin down its spin, CP, and
electroweak quantum numbers. Here we describe how to determine what role a
newly-discovered neutral CP-even scalar plays in electroweak symmetry breaking,
by measuring its relative decay rates into pairs of electroweak vector bosons:
WW, ZZ, \gamma\gamma, and Z\gamma. With the data-driven assumption that
electroweak symmetry breaking respects a remnant custodial symmetry, we perform
a general analysis with operators up to dimension five. Remarkably, only three
pure cases and one nontrivial mixed case need to be disambiguated, which can
always be done if all four decay modes to electroweak vector bosons can be
observed or constrained. We exhibit interesting special cases of Higgs
look-alikes with nonstandard decay patterns, including a very suppressed
branching to WW or very enhanced branchings to \gamma\gamma and Z\gamma. Even
if two vector boson branching fractions conform to Standard Model expectations
for a Higgs doublet, measurements of the other two decay modes could unmask a
Higgs imposter.Comment: 23 pages, two figures; v2: minor revision and version to appear in
JHE
CP properties of symmetry-constrained two-Higgs-doublet models
The two-Higgs-doublet model can be constrained by imposing Higgs-family
symmetries and/or generalized CP symmetries. It is known that there are only
six independent classes of such symmetry-constrained models. We study the CP
properties of all cases in the bilinear formalism. An exact symmetry implies CP
conservation. We show that soft breaking of the symmetry can lead to
spontaneous CP violation (CPV) in three of the classes.Comment: 14 pages, 2 tables, revised version adapted to the journal
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On p_T-broadening of high energy partons associated with the LPM effect in a finite-volume QCD medium
We study the contributions from radiation to -broadening of a high
energy parton traversing a QCD medium with a finite length . The interaction
between the parton and the medium is described by decorrelated static multiple
scattering. Amplitudes of medium-induced gluon emission and parton self-energy
diagrams are evaluated in the soft gluon limit in the BDMPS formalism. We find
both the double-logarithmic correction from incoherent scattering, which is
parametrically the same as that in single scattering, and the logarithmic
correction from the LPM effect. Therefore, we expect a parametrically large
correction from radiation to the medium-induced -broadening in
perturbative QCD.Comment: 19 pages, focusing only on calculations about the medium-induced
diagrams, origin for double-log reinterpreted, final version to appear in
JHE
LHC Searches for Non-Chiral Weakly Charged Multiplets
Because the TeV-scale to be probed at the Large Hadron Collider should shed
light on the naturalness, hierarchy, and dark matter problems, most searches to
date have focused on new physics signatures motivated by possible solutions to
these puzzles. In this paper, we consider some candidates for new states that
although not well-motivated from this standpoint are obvious possibilities that
current search strategies would miss. In particular we consider vector
representations of fermions in multiplets of with a lightest neutral
state. Standard search strategies would fail to find such particles because of
the expected small one-loop-level splitting between charged and neutral states.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figure
Physics Opportunities of e+e- Linear Colliders
We describe the anticipated experimental program of an e+e- linear collider
in the energy range 500 GeV -- 1.5 TeV. We begin with a description of current
collider designs and the expected experimental environment. We then discuss
precision studies of the W boson and top quark. Finally, we review the range of
models proposed to explain the physics of electroweak symmetry breaking and
show, for each case, the central role that the linear collider experiments will
play in elucidating this physics. (to appear in Annual Reviews of Nuclear and
Particle Science)Comment: 93 pages, latex + 23 figures; typos corrections + 1 reference adde
Rare Z-decay into light CP-odd Higgs bosons: a comparative study in different new physics models
Various new physics models predict a light CP-odd Higgs boson (labeled as
) and open up new decay modes for Z-boson, such as ,
and , which could be explored at the GigaZ option of
the ILC. In this work we investigate these rare decays in several new physics
models, namely the type-II two Higgs doublet model (type-II 2HDM), the
lepton-specific two Higgs doublet model (L2HDM), the nearly minimal
supersymetric standard model (nMSSM) and the next-to-minimal supersymmetric
standard model (NMSSM). We find that in the parameter space allowed by current
experiments, the branching ratios can reach for
(), for and for , which
implies that the decays and may be accessible
at the GigaZ option. Moreover, since different models predict different
patterns of the branching ratios, the measurement of these rare decays at the
GigaZ may be utilized to distinguish the models.Comment: Version in JHEP (discussions added, errors corrected
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