https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6279-x
Letter
production at lepton colliders: a new hope for heavy neutral leptons
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
2
Institute for Advanced Study, Durham University, Cosin’s Hall, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL, UK
3
Department of Physics, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
* e-mail: julien.baglio@uni-tuebingen.de
Received:
5
July
2018
Accepted:
22
September
2018
Published online:
29
September
2018
We present the first study of the production of a Standard Model Higgs boson at a lepton collider in association with a pair of W bosons, , in the inverse seesaw model. Taking into account all relevant experimental and theoretical constraints, we find sizable effects due to the additional heavy neutrinos up to
on the total cross-section at a center-of-mass energy of 3 TeV, and even up to
with suitable cuts. This motivates a detailed sensitivity analysis of the process
as it could provide a new, very competitive experimental probe of low-scale neutrino mass models.
© The Author(s), 2018