A HIGGS OR NOT A HIGGS? WHAT TO DO IF YOU DISCOVER A NEW SCALAR PARTICLE

DOI10.1142/S0217751X02009813MaRDI QIDQ4551968zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 14 May 2003

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9912459

zbMATH Keywords

unification problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: We show how to systematically analyze what may be inferred should a new scalar particle be discovered in collider experiments. Our approach is systematic in the sense that we perform the analysis in a manner which minimizes apriori theoretical assumptions as to the nature of the scalar particle. For instance, we do not immediately make the common assumption that a new scalar particle is a Higgs boson, and so must interact with a strength proportional to the mass of the particles with which it couples. We show how to compare different observables, and so to develop a decision tree from which the nature of the new particle may be discerned. We define several categories of models, which summarize the kinds of distinctions which the first experiments can make.

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• QCD Effects in Higgs Physics

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