The "forgotten" decay S → Zh as a CP analyzer

Scalar particles $S$ which are gauge singlets under the Standard Model are generic features of many models of fundamental physics, in particular as possible mediators to a hidden or dark sector. We show that the decay $S\to Zh$ provides a powerful probe of the CP nature of the scalar, because it is...

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Hauptverfasser: Bauer, Martin (VerfasserIn) , Neubert, Matthias (VerfasserIn) , Thamm, Andrea (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2016
In: Arxiv

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Verfasserangaben:Martin Bauer, Matthias Neubert, and Andrea Thamm
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Zusammenfassung:Scalar particles $S$ which are gauge singlets under the Standard Model are generic features of many models of fundamental physics, in particular as possible mediators to a hidden or dark sector. We show that the decay $S\to Zh$ provides a powerful probe of the CP nature of the scalar, because it is allowed only if $S$ has CP-odd interactions. We perform a model-independent analysis of this decay in the context of an effective Lagrangian and compute the relevant Wilson coefficients arising from integrating out heavy fermions to one-loop order. We illustrate our findings with the example of the 750 GeV diphoton resonance seen by ATLAS and CMS and show that the $S\to Zh$ decay rate could naturally be of similar magnitude or larger than the diphoton rate.
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