Quantum properties of $H\to VV^*$: precise predictions in the SM and sensitivity to new physics

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Main Authors: Del Gratta, Morgan, Fabbri, Federica, Lamba, Priyanka, Maltoni, Fabio, Pagani, Davide
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author Del Gratta, Morgan
Fabbri, Federica
Lamba, Priyanka
Maltoni, Fabio
Pagani, Davide
author_facet Del Gratta, Morgan
Fabbri, Federica
Lamba, Priyanka
Maltoni, Fabio
Pagani, Davide
contents We study the quantum properties of the Higgs-boson decays into four fermions via two vector bosons $(H\to VV^*\to 4f)$. In particular, we focus on the case of two different-flavour lepton pairs $(H\to ZZ^*\to μ^+μ^- e^+ e^-)$. We compute the quantum-information observables for the corresponding two-qutrit system $(ZZ)$ at next-to-leading order electroweak (NLO EW) accuracy in the SM. We find that NLO EW corrections lead to giant (order 1) effects in some specific cases, significantly altering the extraction of observables quantifying the quantum correlations. We identify observables that are robust and can be used to extract reliable information. Finally, we discuss possible new physics (NP) effects, parametrised via an effective-field-theory approach. We show how quantum observables can increase the sensitivity to NP also for the process considered in this study.
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spellingShingle Quantum properties of $H\to VV^*$: precise predictions in the SM and sensitivity to new physics
Del Gratta, Morgan
Fabbri, Federica
Lamba, Priyanka
Maltoni, Fabio
Pagani, Davide
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Quantum Physics
We study the quantum properties of the Higgs-boson decays into four fermions via two vector bosons $(H\to VV^*\to 4f)$. In particular, we focus on the case of two different-flavour lepton pairs $(H\to ZZ^*\to μ^+μ^- e^+ e^-)$. We compute the quantum-information observables for the corresponding two-qutrit system $(ZZ)$ at next-to-leading order electroweak (NLO EW) accuracy in the SM. We find that NLO EW corrections lead to giant (order 1) effects in some specific cases, significantly altering the extraction of observables quantifying the quantum correlations. We identify observables that are robust and can be used to extract reliable information. Finally, we discuss possible new physics (NP) effects, parametrised via an effective-field-theory approach. We show how quantum observables can increase the sensitivity to NP also for the process considered in this study.
title Quantum properties of $H\to VV^*$: precise predictions in the SM and sensitivity to new physics
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03841