The Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) offers the unique opportunity of studying the Higgs coupling to the electron, $y_e$, via resonant s-channel production, $e^+e^- \to H$, in a dedicated run at $\sqrt{s} = m_H$. The signature for direct Higgs production is a small rise in cross sections for particular final states, consistent with Higgs decays, over the expectations for their occurrence due to SM background processes involving $Z^*,γ^*$, or t-channel exchanges. Performing such a measurement is remarkably challenging for four main reasons. First, the low value of the e$^\pm$ mass leads to a tiny $y_e$ coupling, and correspondingly small cross section: $σ_{ee\to H}\,\propto m_e^2 = 0.57$ fb accounting for initial-state radiation. Second, the $e^+e^-$ beams must be monochromatized such that their c.m. energy spread is commensurate with the narrow width of the SM Higgs boson, $Γ_H = 4.1$ MeV, while keeping large beam luminosities. Third, the Higgs mass must also be known beforehand with a few-MeV accuracy in order to operate the collider at the resonance peak, $\sqrt{s} = m_H$. Last but not least, the cross sections of the background processes are many orders-of-magnitude larger than those of the Higgs decay signals. A generator-level study of 11 Higgs decays using a multivariate analysis, exploiting BDTs to discriminate signal and background events, identifies two final states as the most promising ones in terms of statistical significance: $H\to gg$ and $H\to WW^*\to\ellν$ + 2 jets. For a benchmark 4.1-MeV c.m. energy spread (leading to $σ_{ee\to H}\, = 0.28$ fb) and $\mathcal{L}_{int}=10$ ab$^{-1}$, a $1.3σ$ signal significance can be reached, corresponding to an upper limit on the e$^\pm$ Yukawa at 1.6 times the SM value: $|y_e|<1.6|y^{SM}_e|$ at 95\% confidence level, per IP per year. Directions for future improvements of the study are outlined.
Probing the electron Yukawa coupling via resonant Higgs boson production at FCC-ee via $e^+e^- \to H \to WW^*$ in lepton-plus-jets final states
CERN(欧洲核子研究组织);Department of Physics, University of Tehran(德黑兰大学物理系);Universität Hamburg(汉堡大学);Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY(德国电子同步加速器研究所);Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad(马什哈德费尔多西大学理学院物理系);Department of Physics, Dogus University(多乌斯大学物理系);IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay(巴黎萨克雷大学CEA IRFU)
研究通过FCC-ee中$e^+e^- \to H \to WW^*$过程,利用lepton-plus-jets最终态,约束电子Yukawa耦合,采用梯度提升决策树区分信号与背景,得出电子Yukawa耦合的最严格限制。
Directly Probing the CP-structure of the Higgs-Top Yukawa at HL-LHC and Future Colliders
限制希格斯玻色子的性质是LHC计划和未来对撞机的基石。在这个Snowmass贡献,我们研究了直接探测希格斯顶部CP结构通过$t\bar{t}h$生产在HL-LHC,100 TeV FCC和μ子对撞机。我们发现在HL-LHC上,CP相($α$)在95% CL的极限是$|α| \lesssim 36^\circ$与双轻子$t\bar t (h\to b\bar b) $和$|α| \lesssim 25^\circ$与组合$t\bar t (h\to γγ) $。100 TeV FCC使$|α| \lesssim 3^\circ$对双轻子$t\bar t (h\to b\bar b) $的灵敏度有了显著的提高,这是由于信号截面的显著增益和亮度的增加。在未来的μ子对撞机上,我们发现半轻子$t\bar t (h\to b\bar b) ν\barν$的边界分别是10 TeV的$|α| \lesssim 9^\circ$和30 TeV的$|α| \lesssim 3^\circ$。
Prospects for the determination of the top-quark Yukawa coupling at future $e^+e^-$ colliders
我们估计了在未来的$e^+e^-$对撞机上对顶夸克汤川耦合$y_t$的灵敏度。我们超越了关注$t\bar t h$产生的标准方法,考虑了具有希格斯玻色子而不是顶夸克的最终态。在这种过程中,对$y_t$的敏感性来自于希格斯玻色子与顶夸克在环中的耦合。这样的最终状态可以产生大量的质心能量,将可访问的所有拟议的$e^+e^-$对撞机。在一个简化的理论框架参数化偏离标准模型,我们发现,在FCC- $ee$和CEPC操作在$\sqrt{s}=240$ GeV,$y_t$可以潜在的测量精度优于$1\%$。对于CLIC和ILC,与仅从$t\bar t h$终态提取相比,$y_t$的提取可以分别提高约2倍和7倍。
Toward a Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass with Natural-Width Precision at FCC-ee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);Brookhaven National Laboratory(布鲁克海文国家实验室);Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, CNRS/IN2P3(天体粒子与宇宙学实验室,法国国家科学研究中心/法国国家原子核及粒子物理研究所);CERN(欧洲核子研究组织)
Searching for vector-like leptons decaying into an electron and missing transverse energy in e$^{+}$e$^{-}$ collisions with $\sqrt{s} = 240$ GeV at the FCC-ee
Centre for Theoretical Physics, The British University in Egypt(埃及英国大学理论物理中心)
Top-quark pair production sensitivity to heavy new physics at the FCC-ee
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Padova(意大利国家核物理研究所帕多瓦分部);Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Galileo Galilei, Università di Padova(帕多瓦大学伽利略·伽利雷物理与天文学系);Center for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), University of Louvain (UCLouvain)(鲁汶宇宙学、粒子物理与现象学中心(CP3)/鲁汶大学);Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo(奥维耶多大学物理系及ICTEA);European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)(欧洲核子研究组织(CERN))
Enlarging the scope of resonant di-Higgs searches: Hunting for Higgs-to-Higgs cascades in $4b$ final states at the LHC and future colliders
我们将$b \bar{b} b \bar{b}$终态中的共振双希格斯搜索的覆盖范围扩展到过程$p p \to H_1 \to H_2 H_2 \to b \bar{b} b \bar{b}$,其中两个$H_{1,2}$都是超出标准模型的自旋$0$态。这样的过程构成了用于新状态$H_1$和$H_2$的联合发现模式。我们提出了这个通道的第一个敏感性研究,使用公共LHC数据来验证我们的分析。我们还提供了第一个估计的灵敏度搜索的HL-LHC和未来的设施,如HE-LHC和FCC-HH。我们分析了几个非最小标量部门的情况下,这种搜索的发现潜力:扩展的SM与两个额外的单线态标量场,两个希格斯偶极子模型和两个希格斯偶极子模型加一个单线态,它捕获的标量位功能的NMSSM。我们发现,这个通道代表了一种新的,非常强大的探测扩展希格斯部门,提供互补的灵敏度,现有的分析。
Precision Measurements of Higgs Hadronic Decay Modes at the FCC-ee
La Sapienza(罗马大学);Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);Brown University(布朗大学);Brookhaven National Laboratory(布鲁克海文国家实验室);Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, (CNRS/IN2P3)(粒子天体物理与宇宙学实验室(法国国家科学研究中心/法国国家粒子与核物理研究所));European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)(欧洲核子研究组织(欧洲核子研究中心))
Probing the $h c\bar{c} $ coupling at a Future Circular Collider in the electron-hadron mode
我们研究了在未来圆形对撞机中电子-强子模式(FCC-eh)下通过前导过程$e^- p \to ν_e h q $产生中性希格斯玻色子的过程,假设衰变通道为$h \to c \bar{c} $,其中$h$是大型强子对撞机(LHC)上发现的类标准模型(SM)态.这个过程中研究的背景下,2-希格斯偶模型III型(2 HDM-III)嵌入一个四零纹理的汤川矩阵和一般的希格斯势,其中两个希格斯偶耦合向上和向下型费米子。风味变化中性电流(FCNC)很好地控制这种方法,通过采用一个合适的质地,一旦考虑到风味物理约束。考虑到参数空间的信号增强,并与实验数据和理论条件一致,我们分析了上述信号,考虑到最重要的SM背景,分离$c$ -喷流从轻味和胶子的,以及$b$ -喷流通过有效的味标记。我们发现,对于50 TeV的质子束和60 GeV的电子束(后者具有80%(纵向)极化),通过测量$1$ ab $^{-1}$的亮度,可以很好地估计出$h c \bar{c} $的耦合强度.