We evaluate the measurement precision of the production cross section times
the branching ratio of the Higgs boson decaying into tau lepton pairs at the
International Linear Collider (ILC). We analyze various final states associated
with the main production mechanisms of the Higgs boson, the Higgs-strahlung and
WW-fusion processes. The statistical precision of the production cross section
times the branching ratio is estimated to be 2.6% and 6.9% for the
Higgs-strahlung andWW-fusion processes, respectively, with the nominal
integrated luminosities assumed in the ILC Technical Design Report; the
precision improves to 1.0% and 3.4% with the running scenario including
possible luminosity upgrades. The study provides a reference performance of the
ILC for future phenomenological analyses.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 9 tables, revised from v
