Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC

In this work we explore the sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling λ in the production of two Higgs bosons via vector boson scattering at the LHC. Although these production channels, concretely W⁺ W⁻ → HH and ZZ → HH, have lower rates than gluon-gluon fusion, they benefit from being tree level proce...

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Autores principales: Arganda Carreras, Ernesto, García García, Claudia, Herrero, María José
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Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125419
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Higgs bosons
Physics
Vector boson scattering
LHC
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Física
Higgs bosons
Physics
Vector boson scattering
LHC
Arganda Carreras, Ernesto
García García, Claudia
Herrero, María José
Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Física
Higgs bosons
Physics
Vector boson scattering
LHC
description In this work we explore the sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling λ in the production of two Higgs bosons via vector boson scattering at the LHC. Although these production channels, concretely W⁺ W⁻ → HH and ZZ → HH, have lower rates than gluon-gluon fusion, they benefit from being tree level processes, being independent of top physics and having very distinctive kinematics that allow us to obtain very clean experimental signatures. This makes them competitive channels concerning the sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling. In order to give predictions for the sensitivity to this coupling, we first study the role of λ at the subprocess level, both in and beyond the Standard Model, to move afterwards to the LHC scenario. We characterize the pp → HHjj case first and then provide quantitative results for the values of λ that can be probed at the LHC in vector boson scattering processes after considering the Higgs boson decays. We focus mainly on pp → bb¯bb¯jj, since it has the largest signal rates, and also comment on the potential of other channels, such as pp → bb¯γγjj, as they lead to cleaner, although smaller, signals. Our whole study is performed for a center of mass energy of √s = 14 TeV and for various future expected LHC luminosities.
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author Arganda Carreras, Ernesto
García García, Claudia
Herrero, María José
author_facet Arganda Carreras, Ernesto
García García, Claudia
Herrero, María José
author_sort Arganda Carreras, Ernesto
title Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
title_short Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
title_full Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
title_fullStr Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
title_full_unstemmed Probing the Higgs self-coupling through double Higgs production in vector boson scattering at the LHC
title_sort probing the higgs self-coupling through double higgs production in vector boson scattering at the lhc
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125419
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