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$WW$ scattering in a radiative electroweak symmetry breaking scenario

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-02-08 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

A classically scale invariant (CSI) extension of the standard model (SM) induces radiative electroweak symmetry breaking and predicts anomalously large Higgs self-interactions. Hence, WLWLW_LW_L scattering processes can be a good probe of the symmetry breaking mechanism. We develop a theoretical framework for perturbative computation and calculate WWWW scattering amplitudes in a CSI model. It is shown that WLWLW_LW_L scattering amplitudes satisfy the equivalence theorem, and that a large deviation of WLWLW_LW_L differential cross sections from the SM predictions is predicted depending on the c.m. energy and scattering angle. The results are more accurate than those based on the effective-potential approach. A prescription to implement predictions of the CSI model to Monte Carlo event generators is also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1601.00696,
  title  = {$WW$ scattering in a radiative electroweak symmetry breaking scenario},
  author = {Kazuhiro Endo and Koji Ishiwata and Yukinari Sumino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.00696},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

33 pages, 12 figures; modifications in texts; published version in PRD; modifications in references