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arxiv: 1810.07661 · v1 · pith:6C2NNWGXnew · submitted 2018-10-17 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Signature of Pseudo Nambu-Goldstone Higgs boson in its Decay

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keywords bosonhiggsrightarroweffectsgammapngbnambu-goldstonenonlinearity
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If the Higgs boson is a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (PNGB), the $hZ\gamma$ contact interaction induced by the $\mathcal{O}(p^4)$ invariants of the non-linear sigma model is free from its nonlinearity effects. The process $h\rightarrow Z\gamma$ can be used to eliminate the universal effects of heavy particles, which can fake the nonlinearity effects of the PNGB Higgs boson in the process $h\rightarrow V^*V$ ($V=W^\pm$,\ $Z$). We demonstrate that the ratio of the signal strength of $h\rightarrow Z\gamma$ and $h\rightarrow V^*V$ is good to distinguish the signature of the PNGB Higgs boson from Higgs coupling deviations.

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