Spin-2 Resonances in Vector-Boson-Fusion Processes at NLO QCD
Abstract
The most likely spin assignments of the recently discovered 126 GeV resonance are spin 0 or 2. In order to distinguish the two, we construct an effective Lagrangian model which comprises interactions of a spin-2 electroweak singlet or triplet state with the SM gauge bosons. Within this model, cross sections and differential distributions are calculated and implemented within the Monte Carlo program VBFNLO, which simulates vector-boson-fusion processes at hadron colliders at NLO QCD accuracy. We study the phenomenology of spin-2 resonances produced in vector-boson-fusion processes at the LHC. Specifically, we consider light Higgs-like spin-2 resonances decaying into two photons and show how angular distributions allow us to distinguish between a Standard Model Higgs and a spin-2 resonance. We also investigate the characteristics of heavy spin-2 resonances which decay into two weak gauge bosons, leading to a four-lepton final state.
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@article{arxiv.1211.3658,
title = {Spin-2 Resonances in Vector-Boson-Fusion Processes at NLO QCD},
author = {Jessica Frank and Michael Rauch and Dieter Zeppenfeld},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.3658},
year = {2013}
}
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31 pages, 21 figures. References, comments and results for LHC at 14 TeV added. Version published in PhysRevD