Searching for heavy neutral leptons through exotic Higgs decays at the ILC

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Autori principali: Thor, Simon, Ishino, Masaya, Tian, Junping
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author Thor, Simon
Ishino, Masaya
Tian, Junping
author_facet Thor, Simon
Ishino, Masaya
Tian, Junping
contents In this study we investigate the feasibility of detecting heavy neutral leptons ($N_d$) through exotic Higgs decays at the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC), specifically in the channel of $e^+ e^- \to qq~ H$ with $H\to νN_d \to ν~lW \to νl~qq$. Analyses based on full detector simulations of the ILD are performed at the center-of-mass energy of 250 GeV for two different beam polarization schemes with a total integrated luminosity of 2 $\mathrm{ab}^{-1}$. A range of heavy neutral lepton masses between the $Z$ boson and Higgs boson masses are studied. The $2σ$ significance reach for the joint branching ratio of $BR(H\toνN_d)\cdot BR(N_d\to lW)$ is about 0.1\%, nearly independent of the heavy neutral lepton masses, while the $5σ$ discovery is possible at a branching ratio of $0.3\%$. Interpreting these results in terms of constraints on the mixing parameters $|\varepsilon_{id}|^2$ between SM neutrinos and the heavy neutral lepton, it is expected to have a factor of 10 improvement from current constraints.
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spellingShingle Searching for heavy neutral leptons through exotic Higgs decays at the ILC
Thor, Simon
Ishino, Masaya
Tian, Junping
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
In this study we investigate the feasibility of detecting heavy neutral leptons ($N_d$) through exotic Higgs decays at the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC), specifically in the channel of $e^+ e^- \to qq~ H$ with $H\to νN_d \to ν~lW \to νl~qq$. Analyses based on full detector simulations of the ILD are performed at the center-of-mass energy of 250 GeV for two different beam polarization schemes with a total integrated luminosity of 2 $\mathrm{ab}^{-1}$. A range of heavy neutral lepton masses between the $Z$ boson and Higgs boson masses are studied. The $2σ$ significance reach for the joint branching ratio of $BR(H\toνN_d)\cdot BR(N_d\to lW)$ is about 0.1\%, nearly independent of the heavy neutral lepton masses, while the $5σ$ discovery is possible at a branching ratio of $0.3\%$. Interpreting these results in terms of constraints on the mixing parameters $|\varepsilon_{id}|^2$ between SM neutrinos and the heavy neutral lepton, it is expected to have a factor of 10 improvement from current constraints.
title Searching for heavy neutral leptons through exotic Higgs decays at the ILC
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11254