Published October 11, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Precision Higgs physics at a γγ collider

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The loop induced coupling of an intermediate mass Higgs boson to two photons is a sensitive and unique measure for precision tests of physics beyond the Standard Model. In this work we summarize recent results on the expected precision of the partial Γ(H→γγ) width at the γγ option of a future linear collider. Heavy particles do not decouple in general and differences between the SM and MSSM predictions or 2HD-models can differ in the percentile regime. Large non-Sudakov DL corrections need to be resummed and consistency requirements demand the use of the Sterman-Weinberg jet definition in order to avoid additional DL terms from three jet final states. We find that the well understood background process, γγ→qq-bar, allows for a O(2%) determination of Γ(H→γγ) using conservative collider parameters. Recent improvements in the expected γγ luminosity suggest that the precision for the two-photon Higgs width can be further improved and is dominated by the error in BR(H→bb-bar) from the e± mode, which is presently estimated to be in the 1% regime

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S0168900201011706;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
472
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 128-132
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.