Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1852141 | Physics Letters B | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We propose a method for determining the CP nature of a neutral Higgs boson or spin-zero resonance ϕ at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in its ϕ→τ−τ+ϕ→τ−τ+ decay channel. The method can be applied to any 1-prong τ-decay mode, which comprise the majority of the τ-lepton decays. The proposed observables allow to discriminate between pure scalar and pseudoscalar Higgs-boson states and/or between a CP-conserving and CP -violating Higgs sector. We show for the decays τ→πνττ→πντ that the method maintains its discriminating power when measurement uncertainties are taken into account. The method will be applicable also at a future linear e+e−e+e− collider.
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Authors
Stefan Berge, Werner Bernreuther,