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The $W$ Boson Loop Background to H -> ZZ at Photon-photon Colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We have performed a complete one-loop calculation of γγZZ\gamma \gamma \rightarrow ZZ in the Standard Model, including both gauge bosons and fermions in the loop. We confirm the large irreducible continuum background from the WW-boson loop found by Jikia. We have included the photon-photon luminosity, and find that the continuum background of transverse ZZ boson pairs prohibits finding a heavy Higgs with mass \gtap350\gtap 350 GeV in this decay mode.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9307259,
  title  = {The $W$ Boson Loop Background to H -> ZZ at Photon-photon Colliders},
  author = {M. S. Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9307259},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages + 4 PS figures included (uuencoded), MAD/PH/771