Higgs-muon interactions at a multi-TeV muon collider
Y. Ma*,
E. Celada,
T. Han,
W. Kilian,
N. Kreher,
F. Maltoni,
D. Pagani,
J. Reuter,
T. Striegl and
K. Xie*: corresponding author
Pre-published on:
December 17, 2024
Published on:
April 29, 2025
Abstract
We establish a simple yet general parameterization of Higgs-muon interactions within the effective field theory frameworks, including both the Higgs Effective Field Theory (HEFT) and the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We investigate the potential of a muon collider, operating at center-of-mass energies of 3 and 10 TeV, to probe Higgs-muon interactions. All possible processes involving the direct production of multiple electroweak bosons ($W$, $Z$, and $H$) with up to five final-state particles are considered. Our findings indicate that a muon collider can achieve greater sensitivity than the high-luminosity LHC, especially considering the independence of the Higgs decay branching fraction to muons. Notably, a 10 TeV muon collider offers exceptional sensitivity to muon-Higgs interactions, surpassing the 3 TeV option. In particular, searches based on multi-Higgs production prove highly effective for probing these couplings.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.476.0092
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