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arxiv: 1210.7803 · v2 · pith:INEPD5Q6new · submitted 2012-10-29 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Potential precision of a direct measurement of the Higgs boson total width at a muon colliderr

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keywords higgsmuonwidthbosoncolliderdirectprecisionstandard-model-like
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In the light of the discovery of a 126 GeV Standard-Model-like Higgs boson at the LHC, we evaluate the achievable accuracies for direct measurements of the width, mass, and the s-channel resonant production cross section of the Higgs boson at a proposed muon collider. We find that with a beam energy resolution of R=0.01% (0.003%) and integrated luminosity of 0.5 fb^{-1} (1 fb^{-1}), a muon collider would enable us to determine the Standard-Model-like Higgs width to +/- 0.35 MeV (+/- 0.15 MeV) by combining two complementary channels of the WW^* and b\bar b final states. A non-Standard-Model Higgs with a broader width is also studied. The unparalleled accuracy potentially attainable at a muon collider would test the Higgs interactions to a high precision.

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