https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3120-z
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Boosted Higgs shapes
1
DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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Department of Physics, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Theoretical Physics and Cosmology Group, Department of Physics, King’s College London, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
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Theory Division, Physics Department, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique, 9 Chemin de Bellevue, 74940, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
* e-mail: Matthias.Schlaffer@desy.de
Received:
13
June
2014
Accepted:
7
October
2014
Published online:
29
October
2014
The inclusive Higgs production rate through gluon fusion has been measured to be in agreement with the Standard Model (SM). We show that even if the inclusive Higgs production rate is very SM-like, a precise determination of the boosted Higgs transverse momentum shape offers the opportunity to see effects of natural new physics. These measurements are generically motivated by effective field theory arguments and specifically in extensions of the SM with a natural weak scale, like composite Higgs models and natural supersymmetry. We show in detail how a measurement at high transverse momentum of 
via 
and 
could be performed and demonstrate that it offers a compelling alternative to the 
channel. We discuss the sensitivity to new physics in the most challenging scenario of an exactly SM-like inclusive Higgs cross section.
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