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Linearly Polarized Gluons and the Higgs Transverse Momentum Distribution

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-01-20 v2

Abstract

We study how gluons carrying linear polarization inside an unpolarized hadron contribute to the transverse momentum distribution of Higgs bosons produced in hadronic collisions. They modify the distribution produced by unpolarized gluons in a characteristic way that could be used to determine whether the Higgs boson is a scalar or a pseudoscalar particle.

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@article{arxiv.1109.1444,
  title  = {Linearly Polarized Gluons and the Higgs Transverse Momentum Distribution},
  author = {Daniel Boer and Wilco J. den Dunnen and Cristian Pisano and Marc Schlegel and Werner Vogelsang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1444},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, final version, published in PRL