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Further Studies of Higgs Properties at An ILC $\gamma\gamma$ Collider

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Recently the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC have found a Higgs like boson hh with a mass around 125 GeV from several decay modes. The decay mode hγγh \to \gamma\gamma is one of the most important modes in studying whether hh is actually the standard model (SM) Higgs boson. Current data indicate that hγγh\to \gamma\gamma has a branching ratio larger than the SM prediction for hh being identified as the SM Higgs boson. To decide whether the hh discovered at the LHC is the SM Higgs boson, more data are needed. We study how γγ\gamma\gamma collider can help to provide some of the most important information about the Higgs boson properties. We show that a γγ\gamma\gamma collider can easily verify whether the enhanced hγγh \to \gamma\gamma observed at the LHC hold. Different models can be tested by studying Higgs boson decay to γZ\gamma Z. Studying angular distribution of the γγ\gamma \gamma through on-shell production of hh and its subsequent decays into a γγ\gamma \gamma pair can decide whether the Higgs like boson hh at the LHC is a spin-0 or a spin-2 boson.

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@article{arxiv.1302.6302,
  title  = {Further Studies of Higgs Properties at An ILC $\gamma\gamma$ Collider},
  author = {Xiao-Gang He and Siao-Fong Li and Hsiu-Hsien Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6302},
  year   = {2015}
}

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