Rare Z-decay into light CP-odd Higgs bosons: a comparative study in different new physics models

Jul, 2010
19 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 11 (2010) 110
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Various new physics models predict a light CP-odd Higgs boson (labeled as aa) and open up new decay modes for Z-boson, such as ZfˉfaZ \to \bar{f} f a, ZaγZ\to a\gamma and ZaaaZ\to aaa, which could be explored at the GigaZ option of the ILC. In this work we investigate these rare decays in several new physics models, namely the type-II two Higgs doublet model (type-II 2HDM), the lepton-specific two Higgs doublet model (L2HDM), the nearly minimal supersymetric standard model (nMSSM) and the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM). We find that in the parameter space allowed by current experiments, the branching ratios can reach 10410^{-4} for ZfˉfaZ \to \bar{f} f a (f=b,τf=b,\tau), 10910^{-9} for ZaγZ\to a\gamma and 10310^{-3} for ZaaaZ\to aaa, which implies that the decays ZfˉfaZ \to \bar{f} f a and ZaaaZ \to a a a may be accessible at the GigaZ option. Moreover, since different models predict different patterns of the branching ratios, the measurement of these rare decays at the GigaZ may be utilized to distinguish the models.
  • 12.60.Fr
  • 14.80.Da
  • 13.38.Dg
  • Rare Decays
  • Beyond Standard Model
  • Higgs particle: multiplet
  • Z0: rare decay
  • Z0: decay modes
  • Z0: branching ratio
  • Z0-factory