Probing the scale of new physics at the LHC: the example of Higgs data

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2014.04.025MaRDI QIDQ748629zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. Fichet

Publication date 29 October 2015

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.0544

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

Abstract: We present a technique to determine the scale of New Physics (NP) compatible with any set of data, relying on well-defined credibility intervals. Our approach relies on the statistical view of the effective field theory capturing New Physics at low energy. We introduce formally the notion of testable NP and show that it ensures integrability of the posterior distribution. We apply our method to the Standard Model Higgs sector in light of recent LHC data, considering two generic scenarios. In the scenario of democratic higher dimensional operators generated at one-loop, we find the testable NP scale to lie within $[10,260]$ TeV at $95\mathrm{\%}$ Bayesian credibility level. In the scenario of loop-suppressed field strength-Higgs operators, the testable NP scale is within $[28,1200]$ TeV at $95\mathrm{\%}$ Bayesian credibility level. More specific UV models are necessary to allow lower values of the NP scale.

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