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Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization

Since the photon has no mass, it does not couple directly to the Higgs particle. This implies that the one-loop correction to the decay H --> \gamma\gamma\ is necessarily finite. Therefore, this correction should be calculable without introducing either regularization or ghosts. Such a calculatio...

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Autores principales: Gastmans, R, Wu, Sau Lan, Wu, Tai Tsun
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1378021
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author Gastmans, R
Wu, Sau Lan
Wu, Tai Tsun
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description Since the photon has no mass, it does not couple directly to the Higgs particle. This implies that the one-loop correction to the decay H --> \gamma\gamma\ is necessarily finite. Therefore, this correction should be calculable without introducing either regularization or ghosts. Such a calculation is carried out in this paper for the case of one W loop. The result obtained this way turns out not to agree with the previous, well-known one, and it is argued that the present result is to be preferred because it satisfies the decoupling theorem. The discrepancy can be traced to the use of dimensional regularization in the previous result.
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spelling cern-13780212019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1378021engGastmans, RWu, Sau LanWu, Tai TsunHiggs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional RegularizationParticle Physics - PhenomenologySince the photon has no mass, it does not couple directly to the Higgs particle. This implies that the one-loop correction to the decay H --> \gamma\gamma\ is necessarily finite. Therefore, this correction should be calculable without introducing either regularization or ghosts. Such a calculation is carried out in this paper for the case of one W loop. The result obtained this way turns out not to agree with the previous, well-known one, and it is argued that the present result is to be preferred because it satisfies the decoupling theorem. The discrepancy can be traced to the use of dimensional regularization in the previous result.arXiv:1108.5322CERN-PH-TH-2011-200oai:cds.cern.ch:13780212011-08-29
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Gastmans, R
Wu, Sau Lan
Wu, Tai Tsun
Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title_full Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title_fullStr Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title_full_unstemmed Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title_short Higgs Decay $H \to \gamma\gamma$ through a W Loop: Difficulty with Dimensional Regularization
title_sort higgs decay $h \to \gamma\gamma$ through a w loop: difficulty with dimensional regularization
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/1378021
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