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Enhancement in the Double Higgs Boson Production by E+E− Annihilation Sommerfeld enhancement in the double Higgs boson production by e+e− annihilation. Andres Vasquez Instituto de F´ısicaTe´orica- UNESP First Joint ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR School on Particle Physics. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Introduction The cross-section for the process e+e− ! hh in the SM is too small compared to other electroweak processes. A detectable cross-section, bigger than the predicted value from the SM would be a hint for new physics, which makes interesting the study of the enhancement in such process due to physics BSM. The main goal is to determine the enhancement of the cross-section for the double Higgs production by the non-perturbative Sommerfeld effect. It is studied the threshold behavior of the cross-section for the double Higgs production when a hidden sector couples to the Higgs boson, yielding bound-states below the threshold energy due to non-perturbative effects. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Why Physics Beyond the Standard Model? Observational Facts 1 Gravity 2 Cosmological Constant Problem 3 Dark Matter 4 Neutrino Masses 5 Strong CP Problem 6 Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Theoretical Motivation 1 Naturalness and Hierarchy problem Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Higgs Physics Higgs boson production. Relevant processes for the Higgs boson production in proton-proton colliders: q q q H q H W,Z Z q H q q W q g H q W,Z q q q q q Z q g g q q H H q q q q g g and in electron-positron colliders: Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. σ (e+e− ! hh) in the Standard Model Remarks 1 The leading-order of this process is found at 1-loop. p 2 Too small in the SM (σ ∼ 10−2 fb at s = 500 GeV). At tree level, the cross-section is proportional to the electron mass. 3 Studied in the MSSM and 2HDM. 0.015 Tree Level : H ] e fb + e )[ 0.010 H hh e → - 1 - loop Level : e 0.005 + e ( e W H H σ H W W Z Z e e 0.000 ne W W 500 1000 1500 2000 H e W e W e W H H S[GeV] Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector The bound-statep would have negative binding energy, allowing its creation below s = 250 GeV. The mediator field that would bind the Higgs bosons was taken to be a hidden scalar φ. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Sommerfeld Effect 0 2 The probability of transition is proportional to j k (0) j , with 0 iki ·r 0 ikf ·r i (r) = e ; f (r) = e ; (1) the initial and final wavefunctions. In a central potential, for a particle near the origin with a small velocity it could happen that the wavefunction suffers strong distortions. In the s-channel for a 2-2 scattering, we can have ∗ pert: i (0) f (0) Ms = Ms · 0 0∗ ; (2) i (0) f (0) This new factor gives corrections to the usual planar-wave in the perturbative amplitude. Hence, 2 pert: 2 2 pert jMj = jMs j j f (0) j ; or ; σ = σ Sk : (3) where the corrections to the amplitude come from the factor Sk ≡ j f (0) j . Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector Letp us see the non-perturbative effects below threshold energy ( s = 250 GeV) from 1 1 L = L + (@ φ)2 − m2 φ2 + guhhφ. (4) SM 2 µ 2 φ The analysis is based on the Peskin and Strassler work (1990). The cross-section is found by using the optical theorem 1 σ e+e− ! hh = ImM e+e− −! e+e− : (5) s hh Then, one is concentrated in the amplitude M e+e− −! e+e− . hh Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector Near threshold, the leading-order contributions can be found as where the gamma coefficient satisfies Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector In the end + − + − σ e e ! hh = σ0 e e ! hh R (E) ; (6) Im G (0; E) R (E) = : (7) Im G0 (0; E) Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector By solving the Schr¨odinger equation for the possible bound-state made up of two Higgs bosons, 2 r 0 3 0 − − E − iΓh + V (r) G r; r ; E + iΓh = δ r − r ; (8) mh with e−mφr g 2u2 V (r) = −κ ; κ ≡ 2 ; (9) r 4πmh one finds that m Im G (0; 0) = − h Im B; (10) 4π where ImB is found numerically. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector How was performed this study? 1 FeynArts: Generation of Feynman diagrams. 2 FormCalc: Creation and simplifation of the amplitudes. 3 LoopTools: Computation of the Passarino-Veltman integrals and generation of the cross-sections as a function of the energy and other important parameters. 4 Interpolation of the pure SM cross-section. 5 Numerical solution of the imaginary part of the Green's function at the origin, G (0; 0; E). 6 Creation of a data list containing ImG (0; 0; E) for different values of energy. This has to be done taking special care of the narrow peaks. 7 Generation of the final cross-section from the multiplication of the different factors obtained in the previous steps. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector In the formula + − + − σ e e ! hh = σ0 e e ! hh R (E) ; (11) with Im G (0; E) R (E) = ; (12) Im G0 (0; E) the SM cross-section enters as r 1 4m2 σ e+e− ! hh = 1 − h jM (e+e− ! hh) j2: (13) 0 64πs s Moreover, one can use that 0 m sin λr eiλr G r; r 0; E + iΓ = − h ; (14) 0 4π λr r 0 to find m q p Im G (0; E) = − h m s − 2m : (15) 0 4π h h Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector Thus, he cross-section takes the form s 1 2m 2m σ e+e− ! hh = 1 − p h 1 + p h jM (e+e− ! hh) j2 64πs s s ImB × ; q p mh s − 2mh s 1 2mh + − 2 ImB = 1 + p jM (e e ! hh) j × p p : (16) 64πs s mh s Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector For mφ = 10; GeV, it is found Γ=0.01 GeV Γ=0.005 GeV σ0 σ0 ] ] 100 σ forκ= 0.7 100 σ forκ=0.7 fb fb ) [ ) [ σ forκ=1 σ forκ=1 hh hh 0.1 0.1 → → - - e e + + e e ( 10-4 ( 10-4 σ σ 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 s[GeV] s[GeV] Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector Remarks 1 The location of the resonances does not depend on the Width Γh, but it does on the coupling strength κ. 2 The enhancement of the cross-section depends on the Width and the coupling strength. 3 The study of the threshold behaviour of σ e+e− ! hh takes relevance nowadays, when it has been confirmed that the ILC would be a Higgs-boson factory operating at a centre-of-mass energy of 250 GeV with a luminosity goal of 2 ab−1. (K. Fujii et al., 2017) Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Threshold behaviour of the σ (e+e− ! hh) Sommerfeld effect from a hidden sector Outlooks The above results stand for the situation in which the amplitude in the SM is s-wave dominated. For p-wave dominated processes, the Schr¨odinger equation gets an inhomogeneous term that depends on the SM amplitude. The e+e− ! hh is p-wave dominated. Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production. Thanks!! Enhancement in the double Higgs boson production..
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