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Background processes in Higgs decay to Z gamma

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-03-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The ATLAS and CMS Collaborations reported that the observed number of Higgs boson decays into a ZZ boson and a photon is μ=2.2±0.7\mu = 2.2 \pm 0.7 times higher than predicted by the Standard Model. Initially, this discrepancy was attributed to a modification of the HZγHZ\gamma vertex. In the HZγH \to Z\gamma process, this decay is reconstructed from HγH \to \ell\ell\gamma, where \ell represents either an electron or a muon. In this study, an investigation is conducted to examine this anomaly by exploring potential additional background contributions to HγH \to \ell\ell\gamma from various subprocesses within and beyond the Standard Model.

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@article{arxiv.2503.10444,
  title  = {Background processes in Higgs decay to Z gamma},
  author = {Aliaksei Kachanovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.10444},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

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