Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2012-04-04
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
14 pages, 7 figures, revtex4-1
Scientific paper
Recently the ATLAS and CMS experiments have presented data hinting at the presence of a Higgs boson at $m_h\simeq125$ GeV. The best-fit $h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ rate averaged over the two experiments is approximately $2.1\pm0.5$ times the Standard Model prediction. We study the possibility that the excess relative to the Standard Model is due to $h\rightarrow aa$ decays, where $a$ is a light pseudoscalar that decays predominantly into $\gamma\gamma$. Although this process yields $4\gamma$ final states, if the pseudoscalar has a mass of the order tens of MeV, the two photons from each $a$ decay can be so highly collimated that they may be identified as a single photon. Some fraction of the events then contribute to an effective $h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ signal. We study the constraints on the parameter space where the net $h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ rate is enhanced over the Standard Model by this mechanism and describe some simple models that give rise to the pseudoscalar-photon interaction. Further tests and prospects for searches in the near future are discussed.
Draper Patrick
McKeen David
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