Boosted Higgs Shapes

Schlaffer, Matthias; Spannowsky, Michael; Takeuchi, Michihisa; Weiler, Andreas; Wymant, Chris

Abstract

The inclusive Higgs production rate through gluon fusion has been measured to be in agreement with the Standard Model (SM). We show that even if the inclusive Higgs production rate is very SM-like, a precise determination of the boosted Higgs transverse momentum shape offers the opportunity to see effects of natural new physics. These measurements are generically motivated by effective field theory arguments and specifically in extensions of the SM with a natural weak scale, like composite Higgs models and natural supersymmetry. We show in detail how a measurement at high transverse momentum of H→2ℓ+p/T via H→ττ and H→WW∗ could be performed and demonstrate that it offers a compelling alternative to the tt¯H channel. We discuss the sensitivity to new physics in the most challenging scenario of an exactly SM-like inclusive Higgs cross section.

Citation

Schlaffer, M., Spannowsky, M., Takeuchi, M., Weiler, A., & Wymant, C. (2014). Boosted Higgs Shapes. The European Physical Journal C, 74(10), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3120-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 7, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 29, 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 12, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 13, 2015
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3120-z