New physics and signal-background interference in associated pp → HZ production

Author: Englert Christoph   Rosenfeld Rogerio   Spannowsky Michael   Tonero Alberto  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1286-4854|114|3|31001-31001

ISSN: 0295-5075

Source: EPL (EUROPHYSICS LETTERS), Vol.114, Iss.3, 2016-06, pp. : 31001-31001

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Abstract

We re-investigate electroweak signal-background interference in associated Higgs production via gluon fusion in the presence of new physics in the top Higgs sector. Considering the full final state $pp \to b \bar b \ell^+\ell^-~(\ell=e,\mu)$ , we discuss how new physics in the top Higgs sector that enhances the ZZ component can leave footprints in the HZ limit setting. In passing we investigate the phenomenology of a class of new physics interactions that can be genuinely studied in this process.