Can the 126 GeV boson be a pseudoscalar?
Abstract
We test the possibility that the newly-discovered 126 GeV boson is a pseudoscalar by examining the correlations among the loop-induced pseudoscalar decay branching fractions to , , , and final states in a model-independent way. These four decays are controlled by only two effective operators, so that the rates in and are predicted now that the rates in and have been measured. We find that the pseudoscalar possibility is disfavored but not conclusively excluded. Experimental exclusion of the decay to well below or conclusive observation of the decay near the Standard Model rate would eliminate the pseudoscalar possibility. The exclusion should be possible using existing data. The only loophole in our argument is the possibility that the signal comes from pseudoscalar decays to a pair of new neutral gauge bosons with mass near the pole.
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@article{arxiv.1208.2692,
title = {Can the 126 GeV boson be a pseudoscalar?},
author = {Baradhwaj Coleppa and Kunal Kumar and Heather E. Logan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.2692},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures, v2: references added, Fig. 1 improved,v3: minor error in numbers on last paragraph of pg5 fixed