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Rare Z-decay into light pseudoscalar bosons in the simplest little Higgs model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

The simplest little Higgs model predicts a light pseudoscalar boson η\eta and opens up some new decay modes for ZZ-boson, such as ZfˉfηZ \to \bar{f} f \eta, ZηηηZ\to \eta\eta\eta, ZηγZ\to \eta\gamma and ZηggZ\to \eta gg. We examine these decay modes in the parameter space allowed by current experiments, and find that the branching ratios can reach 10710^{-7} for ZbˉbηZ\to \bar{b}b\eta, 10810^{-8} for ZτˉτηZ\to \bar{\tau}\tau\eta, and 10810^{-8} for ZηγZ\to \eta\gamma, which should be accessible at the GigaZ option of the ILC. However, the branching ratios can reach 101210^{-12} for ZηηηZ\to \eta\eta\eta, and 101110^{-11} for ZηggZ\to \eta gg, which are hardly accessible at the GigaZ option.

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@article{arxiv.1101.0412,
  title  = {Rare Z-decay into light pseudoscalar bosons in the simplest little Higgs model},
  author = {Lei Wang and Xiao-Fang Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0412},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures