Heavy fermion corrections to heavy Higgs-Boson production and decay

Sally Dawson; Scott Willenbrock

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90834-9

Heavy fermion corrections to heavy Higgs-Boson production and decay

Sally Dawson, Scott Willenbrock

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We calculate the O(g²m_f²/M_w²) fermionic corrections to the Higgs-boson coupling to W and Z bosons in the limit m_f ≫ M_w. We find that these corrections decrease the partial width of Higgs-boson decays to W- and Z-boson pairs by up to 75% for fermion and Higgs-boson masses allowed by perturbative unitarity. The same suppression applies to Higgs-boson production via W- and Z-boson fusion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	200-206
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	211
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(88)90834-9
State	Published - Aug 25 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Heavy fermion corrections to heavy Higgs-Boson production and decay

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