Measuring anomalous couplings in H -> WW* decays at the International Linear Collider

The measurement of the Higgs coupling to W bosons is an important test of our understanding of the electroweak symmetry-breaking mechanism. We study the sensitivity of the International Linear Collider (ILC) to the presence of anomalous HW+W- couplings using ZH -> nu(nu) over bar WW* -> nu(nu)...

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Autores: Hodgkinson, Robert N., Takubo, Yosuke, Ikematsu, Katsumasa, Fujii, Keisuke, Okada, Nobuchika, Yamamoto, Hitoshi
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Data de publicação:2013
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/126277
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/126277
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Higgs-boson
LHC
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Resumo:The measurement of the Higgs coupling to W bosons is an important test of our understanding of the electroweak symmetry-breaking mechanism. We study the sensitivity of the International Linear Collider (ILC) to the presence of anomalous HW+W- couplings using ZH -> nu(nu) over bar WW* -> nu(nu) over bar 4j events. Using an effective Lagrangian approach, we calculate the differential decay rates of the Higgs boson including the effects of new dimension-five operators. We present a Monte Carlo simulation of events at the ILC, using a full detector simulation based on GEANT4 and a real event reconstruction chain. Expected constraints on the anomalous couplings are given.