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Exploring Extended Higgs Dynamics via Higgsstrahlung at FCC-ee

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 3 Sep 2026 · 89 references

Pith's verdict: Well-executed NLO 2HDM study showing FCC-ee can probe extended scalars via Higgsstrahlung even in the alignment limit—the central claim holds, though the theory-error qualification on the FCC-ee sensitivity contour deserves a quantitative footnote.

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arXiv ID2609.04039 (version 1)
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CitationAnisha, Christoph Englert, Francisco Arco, Margarete M\"uhlleitner, Stefano Di Noi. "Exploring Extended Higgs Dynamics via Higgsstrahlung at FCC-ee." arXiv:2609.04039 (2026). https://pith.science/paper/VSMLFNL6
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The paper

The paper claims

FCC-ee's Higgsstrahlung cross-section precision could reveal additional Higgs bosons in the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model through loop effects that differ from simple coupling modifications.

The reading

The paper studies how precisely measuring the process e+e- -> hZ at the future FCC-ee collider could reveal the presence of additional Higgs particles. It uses the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) as a representative extension of the Standard Model. The authors compute the cross section at next-to-leading order and scan over the model's parameters. They find that even when the known Higgs boson has exactly Standard Model couplings to W and Z bosons (the 'alignment limit'), contributions from extra scalars in loop diagrams can change the cross section by up to 1.8%. This is larger than the expected experimental precision of 0.31%, meaning FCC-ee could detect these effects. Including the Higgs decay to bottom quarks further enhances sensitivity. The work demonstrates that interpretations solely in terms of the Higgs self-coupling are insufficient; the full model structure matters.
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Core claim

Contributions from additional scalars produce deviations in the e+e- -> hZ cross section that exceed the FCC-ee sensitivity of 0.31% even in the alignment limit, reaching up to1.8% (Fig. 6), demonstrating FCC-ee's indirect potential for BSM discovery.

Load-bearing premise

The FCC-ee projected uncertainty of 0.31% on sigma(e+e- -> hZ) assumes that systematic uncertainties and theoretical errors in the SM prediction are negligible relative to statistical precision. The authors note that 'the SM prediction needs to be known to a comparable level' (page 12), but no detailed estimate of theory errors is provided.

Original abstract

The Future Circular Electron-Positron Collider (FCC-ee) will probe aspects of the Higgs boson and the electroweak scale with unprecedented precision via associated Higgs production with a $Z$ boson. We focus on the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) to frame the FCC-ee's precision constraints within a small, concrete parameter space at next-to-leading order. We demonstrate that the projected precision of the FCC-ee's 240 GeV run will enable a precise analysis of Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM)-relevant Higgs-sector interactions near the alignment limit. As the key aspects of the 2HDM that drive deviations of the cross section from its Standard Model expectation (presence of new scalar states, Higgs mixing, and non-trivial inter-Higgs couplings) are also typically present in extensions more complex than the 2HDM, this demonstrates the FCC-ee's indirect potential for unveiling BSM physics around the electroweak scale.

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The Future Circular Electron-Positron Collider (FCC-ee) will probe aspects of the Higgs boson and the electroweak scale with unprecedented precision via associated Higgs production with a $Z$ boson. We focus on the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) to frame the FCC-ee's precision constraints within a small, concrete parameter space at next-to-leading order. We demonstrate that the projected precision of the FCC-ee's 240 GeV run will enable a precise analysis of Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM)-relevant Higgs-sector interactions near the alignment limit. As the key aspects of the 2HDM that drive deviations of the cross section from its Standard Model expectation (presence of new scalar states, Higgs mixing, and non-trivial inter-Higgs couplings) are also typically present in extensions more complex than the 2HDM, this demonstrates the FCC-ee's indirect potential for unveiling BSM physics around the electroweak scale.

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s0 The Future Circular Electron-Positron Collider (FCC-ee) will probe aspects of the Higgs boson and the electroweak scale with unprecedented precision via associated Higgs production with a $Z$ boson. background 0.99 0.06 0.06 asserted 0.88
s1 We focus on the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) to frame the FCC-ee's precision constraints within a small, concrete parameter space at next-to-leading order. method 0.87 0.72 0.06 asserted 0.96
s2 We demonstrate that the projected precision of the FCC-ee's 240 GeV run will enable a precise analysis of Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM)-relevant Higgs-sector interactions near the alignment limit. result 0.85 0.61 0.46 asserted 0.95
s3 As the key aspects of the 2HDM that drive deviations of the cross section from its Standard Model expectation (presence of new scalar states, Higgs mixing, and non-trivial inter-Higgs couplings) are also typically present in extensions more complex than the 2HDM, this demonstrates the FCC-ee's indirect potential for unveiling BSM physics around the electroweak scale. interpretation 1.00 0.44 0.63 asserted 0.87

What kind of paper the classifier reports this is: simulation study 0.51 · evidence from simulation or computation 0.75.

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