A $\gamma\gamma$ Collider for the 750 GeV Resonant State

Abstract

Recent data collected by ATLAS and CMS at 13 TeV collision energy of the LHC indicate the existence of a new resonant state $\phi$ with a mass of 750 GeV decaying into two photons $\gamma\gamma$. The properties of $\phi$ should be studied further at the LHC and also future colliders. Since only $\phi \to \gamma\gamma$ decay channel has been measured, one of the best ways to extract more information about $\phi$ is to use a $\gamma\gamma$ collider to produce $\phi$ at the resonant energy. In this work we show how a $\gamma\gamma$ collider helps to verify the existence of $\phi$ and to provide some of the most important information about the properties of $\phi$, such as branching fractions of $\phi\to V_1V_2$. Here $V_i$ can be $\gamma$, $Z$, or $W^\pm$. We also show that by studying angular distributions of the final $\gamma$'s in $\gamma\gamma \to \phi \to \gamma\gamma$, one can obtain crucial information about whether this state is a spin-0 or a spin-2 state.Comment: ReTex, 12 page with 6 figures. Expanded discussion on distinguishing spin-0 and spin-2 cases. Several figures adde