Analysis of final state lepton polarization-dependent observables in H → ℓ+ℓ−γ in the SM at loop level

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A bstract Recently, the CMS and ATLAS collaborations have announced the results for H → Z [→ ℓ + ℓ − ] γ with ℓ = e or μ [1, 2], where H → Zγ is a sub-process of H → ℓ + ℓ − γ . This semi-leptonic Higgs decay gets both resonant and non-resonant contributions from the loop-induced H → Z [→ ℓ + ℓ − ] γ . To probe further features coming from these contributions to H → ℓ + ℓ − γ , we argue that the polarization of the final state leptons is also an important parameter. We show that the interference of resonant and non-resonant contributions, which is negligible in the case of unpolarized leptons, plays a significant role when considering the polarization of the final state lepton. For this purpose, we have calculated the polarized decay rates and the longitudinal ( P L ), normal ( P N ), and transverse ( P T ) polarization asymmetries. We find that these asymmetries purely come from the loop contributions and are helpful to further investigate the resonant and non-resonant nature of H → Z [ → ℓ + ℓ − ] γ decay. We observe that for ℓ = e , μ , the longitudinal decay rate is highly suppressed around m ℓℓ ≈ 60 GeV when the final lepton spin is $$ -\frac{1}{2} $$ − 1 2 , dramatically increasing the corresponding lepton polarization asymmetries. Furthermore, we analyze another observable, the ratio of decay rates $$ {R}_{i\pm}^{{\mathcal{ll}}^{\prime }} $$ R i ± ll ′ , where ℓ and ℓ ′ refer to different final state lepton generations. Precise measurements of these observables at the HL-LHC and the planned e + e − collider can provide fertile ground to test not only the SM but also to examine the signatures of possible NP beyond the SM.

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