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New physics and signal-background interference in associated $pp\to HZ$ production

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-06-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We re-investigate electroweak signal-background interference in associated Higgs production via gluon fusion in the presence of new physics in the top-Higgs sector. Considering the full final state ppbbˉ+pp \to b \bar b \ell^+\ell^- (=e,μ\ell=e,\mu), we discuss how new physics in the top-Higgs sector that enhances the ZZZZ component can leave footprints in the HZHZ limit setting. In passing we investigate the phenomenology of a class of new physics interactions that can be genuinely studied in this process.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05304,
  title  = {New physics and signal-background interference in associated $pp\to HZ$ production},
  author = {Christoph Englert and Rogerio Rosenfeld and Michael Spannowsky and Alberto Tonero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05304},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures, references added, published version