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- Title
Impact of additional bosons on the exploration of the Higgs boson at the LHC.
- Authors
Fang, Yaquan; Kumar, Mukesh; Mellado, Bruce; Zhang, Yu; Zhu, Maosen
- Abstract
The LHC is making strides in the exploration of the properties of the newly discovered Higgs boson, . In Refs. 7-9 the compatibility of the proton-proton data reported in the Run I period with the presence of a heavy scalar, , with a mass around 270 GeV and its implications were explored. This boson would decay predominantly to , where , is a lighter scalar boson. The production cross-section of is considerable and it would significantly affect the inclusive rate of . The contamination from this new production mechanism would depend strongly on the final state used to measure the rate of . The contamination in the rate measurement of , , is estimated to be small. This statement does not depend strongly on assumptions made on the decay of . The impact on other channels related to the search of Vector Boson Fusion and production with the diphoton decay is evaluated, where the dependence on assumption on the decay of is expected to be significant.
- Subjects
HIGGS bosons; LARGE Hadron Collider; PROTON-proton interactions; INCLUSIVE processes (Nuclear physics); RADIOACTIVE decay
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics A: Particles & Fields; Gravitation; Cosmology; Nuclear Physics, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 34, p-1
- ISSN
0217-751X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217751X17460101