English

Boosted Higgs Shapes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The inclusive Higgs production rate through gluon fusion has been measured to be in agreement with the Standard Model (SM). We show that even if the inclusive Higgs production rate is very SM-like, a precise determination of the boosted Higgs transverse momentum shape offers the opportunity to see effects of natural new physics. These measurements are generically motivated by effective field theory arguments and specifically in extensions of the SM with a natural weak scale, like composite Higgs models and natural supersymmetry. We show in detail how a measurement at high transverse momentum of H2+p ⁣ ⁣/TH\to 2\ell+\mathbf{p}\!\!/_T via HττH\to \tau\tau and HWWH\to WW^* could be performed and demonstrate that it offers a compelling alternative to the ttˉHt\bar t H channel. We discuss the sensitivity to new physics in the most challenging scenario of an exactly SM-like inclusive Higgs cross-section.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1405.4295,
  title  = {Boosted Higgs Shapes},
  author = {Matthias Schlaffer and Michael Spannowsky and Michihisa Takeuchi and Andreas Weiler and Chris Wymant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4295},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

17 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables. Added references and minor clarifications. Matches published version

R2 v1 2026-06-22T04:16:30.305Z