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Main Authors: R., E. A. Reyes, A., C. A. Lopez, G., O. R. Torrijo, P, D. G. Melo
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09395
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author R., E. A. Reyes
A., C. A. Lopez
G., O. R. Torrijo
P, D. G. Melo
author_facet R., E. A. Reyes
A., C. A. Lopez
G., O. R. Torrijo
P, D. G. Melo
contents In this article, we study the rare decay process in which a Higgs boson decays into a $Z$ boson and a photon. In the first part of the paper, we analyze the Standard Model (SM) contributions to the corresponding decay width, including the full leading-order result, two-loop $O(α_s)$ QCD corrections, and the recently reported two-loop $O(α)$ electroweak corrections, evaluated under four different $α$ renormalization schemes. The dependence on the Higgs boson mass is studied within the experimentally allowed range reported by the LHC. In the considered schemes, a non-negligible variation of about $4\%$ is found when the mass is varied within its current experimental uncertainty. In the second part of the paper, we analyze the leading-order contributions to the same process within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The spectrum of soft SUSY-breaking parameters and SUSY particle masses at the electroweak scale, which enter the computation of the one-loop amplitudes contributing to the decay width, is obtained by evolving the GUT-scale parameters of a Radiatively-Driven Natural Supersymmetry (RNS) model with non-universal Higgs boson masses. Variations of the RNS parameters can enhance the average SM prediction by up to $\sim20\%$, reaching a value of $\sim7.5~$keV, while still satisfying the Higgs boson mass constraint. However, this comes at the cost of allowing a moderately large fine-tuning parameter, with values exceeding $100$, thereby placing the model outside its most natural parameter region. The predicted decay width in the RNS scenario is closer to the recent ATLAS RUN 2 + 3 combined measurement than the SM expectation.
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spellingShingle Rare Higgs Decay into a Photon and a Z Boson in Radiatively-Driven Natural Supersymmetry
R., E. A. Reyes
A., C. A. Lopez
G., O. R. Torrijo
P, D. G. Melo
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
In this article, we study the rare decay process in which a Higgs boson decays into a $Z$ boson and a photon. In the first part of the paper, we analyze the Standard Model (SM) contributions to the corresponding decay width, including the full leading-order result, two-loop $O(α_s)$ QCD corrections, and the recently reported two-loop $O(α)$ electroweak corrections, evaluated under four different $α$ renormalization schemes. The dependence on the Higgs boson mass is studied within the experimentally allowed range reported by the LHC. In the considered schemes, a non-negligible variation of about $4\%$ is found when the mass is varied within its current experimental uncertainty. In the second part of the paper, we analyze the leading-order contributions to the same process within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The spectrum of soft SUSY-breaking parameters and SUSY particle masses at the electroweak scale, which enter the computation of the one-loop amplitudes contributing to the decay width, is obtained by evolving the GUT-scale parameters of a Radiatively-Driven Natural Supersymmetry (RNS) model with non-universal Higgs boson masses. Variations of the RNS parameters can enhance the average SM prediction by up to $\sim20\%$, reaching a value of $\sim7.5~$keV, while still satisfying the Higgs boson mass constraint. However, this comes at the cost of allowing a moderately large fine-tuning parameter, with values exceeding $100$, thereby placing the model outside its most natural parameter region. The predicted decay width in the RNS scenario is closer to the recent ATLAS RUN 2 + 3 combined measurement than the SM expectation.
title Rare Higgs Decay into a Photon and a Z Boson in Radiatively-Driven Natural Supersymmetry
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09395