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Study of the $h \gamma Z$ coupling at the ILC

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2022-04-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We studied the e+ehγe^+e^- \to h \gamma process at the full simulation level, using a realistic detector model to study the feasibility to constrain the SM effective field theory (SMEFT) hγZh \gamma Z coefficient, ζAZ\zeta_{AZ}, at the ILC. Assuming International Large Detector (ILD) operating at 250 GeV ILC, it is shown that the e+ehγe^+e^- \to h\gamma process is much more difficult to observe than naively expected if there is no BSM contribution. We thus put upper limits on the cross section of this process. The expected combined 95% C.L. upper limits for full polarisations (Pe,Pe+)=(100%,+100%)(P_{e^-}, P_{e^+})=(-100\%, +100\%) and (+100%,100%)(+100\%, -100\%) are σhγLσSML<5.0\frac{\sigma_{h \gamma}^{L}}{\sigma_{S M}^{L}}<5.0 and σhγRσSMR<61.9\frac{\sigma_{h \gamma}^{R}}{\sigma_{S M}^{R}}<61.9, respectively. The resultant 95% C.L. limit on ζAZ\zeta_{AZ} is 0.020<ζAZ<0.003-0.020<\zeta_{A Z}<0.003.

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@article{arxiv.2203.07202,
  title  = {Study of the $h \gamma Z$ coupling at the ILC},
  author = {Y. Aoki and K. Fujii and J. Tian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07202},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

This study has been performed in the framework of the ILD concept group. Contribution to Snowmass 2021