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Publication details for Silvia Pascoli
Baglio, J., Pascoli, S. & Weiland, C. (2018). W+W− H production at lepton colliders: a new hope for heavy neutral leptons. The European Physical Journal C 78(10): 795.- Publication type: Journal Article
- ISSN/ISBN: 1434-6044 (print), 1434-6052 (electronic)
- DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6279-x
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- Durham Research Online (DRO) - may include full text
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Abstract
We present the first study of the production of a
Standard Model Higgs boson at a lepton collider in association
with a pair of W bosons, e+e− → W+W− H, in the
inverse seesaw model. Taking into account all relevant experimental
and theoretical constraints, we find sizable effects
due to the additional heavy neutrinos up to −38% on the
total cross-section at a center-of-mass energy of 3 TeV, and
even up to −66% with suitable cuts. This motivates a detailed
sensitivity analysis of the process e+e− → W+W− H as it
could provide a new, very competitive experimental probe of
low-scale neutrino mass models.