Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-07-20
Phys.Lett.B660:54-61,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
10 pages, 6 figures, V2: typos corrected
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.12.021
We study the possible effects of TeV scale new physics (NP) on the rate for Higgs boson decays to charged leptons, focusing on the tau tau channel which can be readily studied at the Large Hadron collider. Using an SU(3)_C X SU(2)_L X U(1)_Y invariant effective theory valid below a NP scale Lambda, we determine all effective operators up to dimension six that could generate appreciable contributions to the decay rate and compute the dependence of the rate on the corresponding operator coefficients. We bound the size of these operator coefficients based on the scale of the tau mass, naturalness considerations, and experimental constraints on the tau anomalous magnetic moment. These considerations imply that contributions to the decay rate from a NP scale Lambda ~ TeV could be comparable to the prediction based on the SM Yukawa interaction. A reliable test of the Higgs mechanism for fermion mass generation via the h-> tau tau channel is possible only after such NP effects are understood and brought under theoretical control.
Mantry Sonny
Ramsey-Musolf Michael. J.
Trott Michael
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