Published March 9, 1987
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Journal article
A possible new signature for Higgs bosons
Creators
- 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.)
Additional details
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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 18044109
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BRANCHING RATIO; HIGGS BOSONS; LEPTONIC DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE WIDTHS; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WEAK INTERACTIONS