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adam.falkowski
2013:groups:higgs:ehd [2013/06/30 22:13] (current)
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 Interested people: Adam, Roberto, Filip, Jack Gunion, Sabine, Grégory, Beranger, Kirtimaan, Yun Jiang, Aoife, Lorenzo, Alex A., Nazila, Andreas-1, Andreas-2, Giacomo, Aldo... ​ (please add your name!) Interested people: Adam, Roberto, Filip, Jack Gunion, Sabine, Grégory, Beranger, Kirtimaan, Yun Jiang, Aoife, Lorenzo, Alex A., Nazila, Andreas-1, Andreas-2, Giacomo, Aldo... ​ (please add your name!)
- Also: one should coordinate with the Snowmass exotic Higgs group.  ​ 
  
 Finding exotic (not predicted by the SM) Higgs decays could be the shortest route to new physics. ​ Finding exotic (not predicted by the SM) Higgs decays could be the shortest route to new physics. ​
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 E.g these decays could be induced by the operator -c|H|^2/​v^2 ​ F_{\mu \nu} X_{\mu \nu} where  E.g these decays could be induced by the operator -c|H|^2/​v^2 ​ F_{\mu \nu} X_{\mu \nu} where 
 X_\mu is a dark vector boson that subsequently decays to the DM particles. ​ gamma+MET decays could also arise from the cascade decays in h-> neutralino+gravitino -> 2xgravitino+gamma in SUSY, see  1203.4563. X_\mu is a dark vector boson that subsequently decays to the DM particles. ​ gamma+MET decays could also arise from the cascade decays in h-> neutralino+gravitino -> 2xgravitino+gamma in SUSY, see  1203.4563.
-Z+MET decays can occur e.g. in inverse see-saw models (ref?) as a cascade decay h-> nu N -> nu Z nu.    ​+Z+MET decays can occur e.g. in inverse see-saw models (see e.g., 1209.4803) as a cascade decay h-> nu N -> nu Z nu.    ​
  
 To do: check the constraints on the effective operator, find the maximum allowed branching fraction, check whether some LHC searches (monophotons?​ mono-Z?) could pick up this decay, devise experimental strategy. Check contraints from existing H-> ZZ  ​ To do: check the constraints on the effective operator, find the maximum allowed branching fraction, check whether some LHC searches (monophotons?​ mono-Z?) could pick up this decay, devise experimental strategy. Check contraints from existing H-> ZZ  ​
  
-__Interested people:__ Adam, ...+__Interested people:__ Adam, Lorenzo, ...
  
  
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 - flavor violating decays to quarks, probably hopeless given the constraints from flavor violation, see e.g. 1209.1397 ​ - flavor violating decays to quarks, probably hopeless given the constraints from flavor violation, see e.g. 1209.1397 ​
  
-- lepton flavor violating decays (h->tau mu, h-> tau e, h-> mu e), the first two are promising, see e.g. 1209.1397. These decays are searched for by experiment and has been quite thoroughly studied theoretically,​ so probably nothing to do.  +- lepton flavor violating decays (h->tau mu, h-> tau e, h-> mu e), the first two are promising, see e.g. 1209.1397. Also, as before, lepton flavour violating decays can occur in inverse see-saw models (see e.g., 1209.4803) as a cascade decay h-> nu N -> nu l W -> nu l l' nu', where the flavour of l and l' are not related. These decays are searched for by experiment and has been quite thoroughly studied theoretically,​ so probably nothing to do. 
  
 - cascade decays h->X a -> X f fbar, where X is invisible.  ​ - cascade decays h->X a -> X f fbar, where X is invisible.  ​
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 To do: concrete models, existing constraints and experimental strategies. In particular, interesting to recast the SUSY dilepton+MET searches in this context. ​ To do: concrete models, existing constraints and experimental strategies. In particular, interesting to recast the SUSY dilepton+MET searches in this context. ​
  
-__Interested people:​__ ​ Jack, Aoife, Andreas+__Interested people:​__ ​ Jack, Aoife, Andreas, Lorenzo
  
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