Bounds on Higgs and gauge boson interactions from LEP-2 data

Feb, 1998
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 434 (1998) 340-346
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Report number:
  • IFT-P-012-98,
  • IFIC-98-22,
  • FTUV-98-22,
  • MADPH-98-1046

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Abstract:
We derive bounds on Higgs and gauge--boson anomalous interactions using the LEP2 data on the production of three photons and photon pairs in association with hadrons. In the framework of SU(2)LU(1)YSU(2)_L \otimes U(1)_Y effective Lagrangians, we examine all dimension--six operators that lead to anomalous Higgs interactions involving γ\gamma and ZZ. The search for Higgs boson decaying to γγ\gamma\gamma pairs allow us to obtain constrains on these anomalous couplings that are comparable with the ones originating from the analyses of ppˉp\bar{p} collisions at the Tevatron. Our results also show that if the coefficients of all ``blind'' operators are assumed to have same magnitude, the indirect constraints on the anomalous couplings obtained from this analyses, for Higgs masses MHM_H \lesssim 140 GeV, are more restrictive than the ones coming from the W+WW^+W^- production.
Note:
  • 14 pages Latex file using RevTeX, 3 figures as .eps files Report-no: IFT--P.012/98,IFIC/98--22, MADPH--98--1046
  • 14.80.Cp
  • 13.85.Qk
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • photon: electroproduction
  • final state: (3photon)
  • photon: pair production
  • hadron: associated production
  • gauge field theory: SU(2) x U(1)
  • effective Lagrangian: operator
  • Higgs particle: coupling