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Higgs portal to dark matter and $$B\rightarrow K^{(*)}$$ decays

Aliaksei Kachanovich, Ulrich Nierste, Ivan Nišandžić

2020The European Physical Journal C23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract We consider a Higgs portal model in which the 125-GeV Higgs boson mixes with a light singlet mediator $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> coupling to particles of a Dark Sector and study potential $$b\rightarrow s h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> decays in the Belle II experiment. Multiplying the gauge-dependent off-shell Standard-Model b - s -Higgs vertex with the sine of the Higgs mixing angle does not give the correct b - s - $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> vertex. We clarify this issue by calculating the b - s - $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> vertex in an arbitrary $$R_\xi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>R</mml:mi><mml:mi>ξ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> gauge and demonstrate how the $$\xi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>ξ</mml:mi></mml:math> dependence cancels from physical decay rates involving an on-shell or off-shell $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> . Then we revisit the $$b\rightarrow s h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> phenomenology and point out that a simultaneous study of $$B\rightarrow K^* h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mo>∗</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> and $$B\rightarrow K h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> helps to discriminate between the Higgs portal and alternative models of the Dark Sector. We further advocate for the use of the $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> lifetime information contained in displaced-vertex data with $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> decaying back to Standard-Model particles to better constrain the $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> mass or to reveal additional $$h_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> decay modes into long-lived particles.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsHiggs bosonParticle physicsPhenomenology (philosophy)Dark matterVertex (graph theory)Large Hadron ColliderStandard Model (mathematical formulation)Mixing (physics)Physics beyond the Standard ModelElementary particleHiggs sectorGauge bosonCoupling (piping)Higgs fieldNuclear physicsDark photonBranching fractionPoint (geometry)BosonCP violationTop quarkHiggs mechanismElectron–positron annihilationParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaComputational Physics and Python Applications
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