Published March 9, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

A possible new signature for Higgs bosons

  • 1. California Univ., Santa Cruz (USA). Inst. for Particle Physics
  • 2. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Randall Lab. of Physics
  • 3. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

If low-energy supersymmetry is realized in nature, and if the appropriate supersymmetric partner of the Higgs boson, h tilde, has a mass mh tilde << mZ, then there is a decay chain Z → zh tilde, followed by z tilde → hh tilde, which can be a significant part of all Z decays, perhaps 0.1%-1%. Depending on what is the lightest supersymmetric partner, the signature will be Z → h + missing h momentum, perhaps accompanied by one or two isolated hard γ's. Decays involving both the Higgs scalar h and the pseudoscalar A are discussed, as well as ways to distinguish between them. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Volume
283
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
111-125
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBB