Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions

Abstract We compute the effects due to the virtual exchange (or the soft emission) of a scalar particle with generic couplings to the top quark in t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ pair production at the LHC. We apply the results to two cases of interest, extending and completing previous studies. First, we...

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Main Authors: Fabio Maltoni, Davide Pagani, Simone Tentori
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-09-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)098
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description Abstract We compute the effects due to the virtual exchange (or the soft emission) of a scalar particle with generic couplings to the top quark in t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ pair production at the LHC. We apply the results to two cases of interest, extending and completing previous studies. First, we consider the indirect search for light (m S < 2m t ) top-philic scalars with CP-even and/or CP-odd interactions. Second, we investigate how to set constraints on anomalous Yukawa couplings of the Higgs boson to the top quark. Our results show that the current precision of experimental data together with the accuracy of the SM predictions make such indirect determinations a powerful probe for new physics.
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spelling doaj-art-00887aed4db14237b15709e3a2e48e302024-12-08T12:16:20ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-09-012024914810.1007/JHEP09(2024)098Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactionsFabio Maltoni0Davide Pagani1Simone Tentori2Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université Catholique de LouvainINFN, Sezione di BolognaCentre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université Catholique de LouvainAbstract We compute the effects due to the virtual exchange (or the soft emission) of a scalar particle with generic couplings to the top quark in t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ pair production at the LHC. We apply the results to two cases of interest, extending and completing previous studies. First, we consider the indirect search for light (m S < 2m t ) top-philic scalars with CP-even and/or CP-odd interactions. Second, we investigate how to set constraints on anomalous Yukawa couplings of the Higgs boson to the top quark. Our results show that the current precision of experimental data together with the accuracy of the SM predictions make such indirect determinations a powerful probe for new physics.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)098Anomalous Higgs CouplingsHiggs PropertiesHigher Order Electroweak CalculationsNew Light Particles
spellingShingle Fabio Maltoni
Davide Pagani
Simone Tentori
Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
Journal of High Energy Physics
Anomalous Higgs Couplings
Higgs Properties
Higher Order Electroweak Calculations
New Light Particles
title Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
title_full Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
title_fullStr Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
title_full_unstemmed Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
title_short Top-quark pair production as a probe of light top-philic scalars and anomalous Higgs interactions
title_sort top quark pair production as a probe of light top philic scalars and anomalous higgs interactions
topic Anomalous Higgs Couplings
Higgs Properties
Higher Order Electroweak Calculations
New Light Particles
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)098
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