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Pseudo-observables in Higgs decays

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arxiv 1412.6038 v2 pith:DDZVQQTT submitted 2014-12-18 hep-ph hep-ex

Pseudo-observables in Higgs decays

classification hep-ph hep-ex
keywords pseudo-observableshiggsdecayssymmetrysystematicadoptedallowamplitudes
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We define a set of pseudo-observables characterizing the properties of Higgs decays in generic extensions of the Standard Model with no new particles below the Higgs mass. The pseudo-observables can be determined from experimental data, providing a systematic generalization of the "kappa-framework" so far adopted by the LHC experiments. The pseudo-observables are defined from on-shell decay amplitudes, allow for a systematic inclusion of higher-order QED and QCD corrections, and can be computed in any Effective Field Theory (EFT) approach to Higgs physics. We analyze the reduction of the number of independent pseudo-observables following from the hypotheses of lepton-universality, CP invariance, custodial symmetry, and linearly realized electroweak symmetry breaking. We outline the importance of kinematical studies of $h\to 4\ell$ decays for the extraction of such parameters and present their predictions in the linear EFT framework.

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