Nonstandard Higgs boson decays

Spencer Chang, Radovan Dermíšek, John F. Gunion, Neal Weiner

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    Abstract

    This review summarizes the motivations for and the phenomenological consequences of nonstandard Higgs boson decays, with an emphasis on final states containing a pair of non-standard model particles that subsequently decay to standard model particles. Typically these non-standard model particles form part of a "hidden" sector, for example a pair of neutral Higgs bosons or a pair of unstable neutralinos. We emphasize that such decays allow for a Higgs substantially below the standard model Higgs Large ElectronPositron Collider limit of 114 GeV. A Higgs with standard model WW, ZZ, and top couplings and a mass near 100 GeV eliminates the fine-tuning problems of many beyond the standard model theories, in particular supersymmetric models, and leads to excellent consistency with precision electroweak data.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)75-98
    Number of pages24
    JournalAnnual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
    Volume58
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • Beyond the standard model
    • Fine-tuning
    • Higgs
    • Naturalness
    • Supersymmetry

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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