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Higgsstrahlung from R-hadrons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

If R hadrons are discovered at the LHC, investigation of their properties will be of paramount importance. One important question is how much of the R-hadron mass is due to electroweak symmetry breaking, i.e. the coupling of the Higgs to R-hadrons. In this paper we show that in models where the Higgs has a sizable coupling to R-hadrons we can readily observe Higgs production in association with a pair of R-hadrons ("Higgsstrahlung"). This process can be used to distinguish between different models of R-hadrons. It may be the discovery mode of the Higgs for low mass Higgs bosons, and provides a low-background Higgs sample to study h to bb.

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@article{arxiv.1105.1166,
  title  = {Higgsstrahlung from R-hadrons},
  author = {Markus A. Luty and Daniel J. Phalen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.1166},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables

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