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Flavor-changing decay $h\to \tau\mu$ at super hadron colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-08-05 v2

Abstract

We study the flavor-changing decay hτμh\to \tau \mu with τ=τ+τ+\tau=\tau^-+\tau^+ and μ=μ+μ+\mu=\mu^-+\mu^+ of a Higgs boson at future hadron colliders, namely: a) High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, b) High Energy Large Hadron Collider and c) Future hadron-hadron Circular Collider. The theoretical framework adopted is the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model type III. The free model parameters involved in the calculation are constrained through Higgs boson data, Lepton Flavor Violating processes and the muon anomalous magnetic dipole moment; later they are used to analyze the branching ratio of the decay hτμh\to\tau\mu and to evaluate the gghgg\to h production cross section. We find that at the Large Hadron Collider is not possible to claim for evidence of the decay hτμh\to\tau\mu achieving a signal significance about of 1.46σ1.46\sigma by considering its final integrated luminosity, 300 fb1^{-1}. More promising results arise at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider in which a prediction of 4.6σ\sigma when an integrated luminosity of 3 ab1^{-1} and tanβ=8\tan\beta=8 are achieved. Meanwhile, at the High Energy Large Hadron Collider (Future hadron-hadron Circular Collider) a potential discovery could be claimed with a signal significance around 5.04σ5.04\sigma (5.43σ5.43\sigma) for an integrated luminosity of 3 ab1^{-1} and tanβ=8\tan\beta=8 (5 ab1^{-1} and tanβ=4\tan\beta=4).

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@article{arxiv.2002.04120,
  title  = {Flavor-changing decay $h\to \tau\mu$ at super hadron colliders},
  author = {M. A. Arroyo-Ureña and T. A. Valencia-Pérez and R. Gaitán and J. H. Montes de Oca Y. and A. Fernández-Téllez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.04120},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Accepted version to be published in JHEP, typos corrected, added citations