Is the Decay of the Higgs Boson to a Photon and a Dark Photon Currently Observable at the LHC

Hugues Beauchesne, Cheng Wei Chiang

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Abstract

Many attempts have been made to observe the decay of the Higgs boson to a photon and an invisible massless dark photon. For this decay to be potentially observable at the LHC, new mediators that communicate between the standard model and the dark photon must exist. In this Letter, we study bounds on such mediators coming from the Higgs signal strengths, oblique parameters, electric dipole moment of the electron, and unitarity. We find that the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to a photon and a dark photon is constrained to be far smaller than the sensitivity of current collider searches, thus calling for a reconsideration of current experimental efforts.

Original languageEnglish
Article number141801
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume130
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Apr 2023
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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