Angular distribution and forward-backward asymmetry of the Higgs-boson decay to photon and lepton pair
Abstract
The Higgs-boson decay h -> gamma l+ l- for various lepton states l = (e, mu, tau) is analyzed. The differential decay width and forward-backward asymmetry are calculated as functions of the dilepton invariant mass in a model where the Higgs boson interacts with leptons and quarks via a mixture of scalar and pseudoscalar couplings. These couplings are partly constrained from data on the decays to leptons, h -> l+ l-, and quarks h -> q \bar{q} (where q = (c, b)), while the Higgs couplings to the top quark are chosen from the two-photon and two-gluon decay rates. Nonzero values of the forward-backward asymmetry will manifest effects of new physics in the Higgs sector. The decay width and asymmetry integrated over the dilepton invariant mass are also presented.
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@article{arxiv.1408.0342,
title = {Angular distribution and forward-backward asymmetry of the Higgs-boson decay to photon and lepton pair},
author = {Alexander Yu. Korchin and Vladimir A. Kovalchuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0342},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures, SVJour3 class; v2: minor changes in text, references updated and extended, corresponds to journal version