Accuracy complements energy: electroweak precision tests at Tera-Z

A Tera-Z factory, such as FCC-ee or CEPC, will have indirect sensitivity to heavy new physics up to the tens of TeV scale through higher-order loop contributions to precision measurements at the Z pole. These indirect quantum effects may provide complementary, or even better, sensitivity to potentia...

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Authors: Maura, Victor, Stefanek, Ben A., You, Tevong
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::2d7cee3e9ba8ef307a42a4bf3419d4bd
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/427942
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105018498675
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Anomalous Higgs Couplings
Electroweak Precision Physics
Renormalization Group
SMEFT
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Summary:A Tera-Z factory, such as FCC-ee or CEPC, will have indirect sensitivity to heavy new physics up to the tens of TeV scale through higher-order loop contributions to precision measurements at the Z pole. These indirect quantum effects may provide complementary, or even better, sensitivity to potential deviations from the Standard Model that are typically thought to best be constrained at leading order at higher energies above the Z pole. We show in the SMEFT framework how accuracy complements energy for operators that modify the Higgs and gauge boson two- and three-point functions, leading to improved projected sensitivities for models such as the real singlet scalar, weakly interacting massive particles, and a custodial weak quadruplet. A thorough Tera-Z programme may thus anticipate aspects of physics runs at higher energies and provide a wider scope of quantum exploration of the TeV scale than had previously been appreciated.