December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07121/24 Azimuthal angle correlation in vector-boson fusion processes at hadron colliders arXiv:0712.XXXX Kentarou Mawatari with K.Hagiwara (KEK) and Q.Li (Karlsruhe)
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07122/24 Contents Motivation I. the Higgs properties II. massive gravitons III. production correlation vs. decay correlation Helicity formalism for the VBF process Kinematics Helicity amplitudes Azimuthal angle correlations Summary
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07123/24 Motivation I: the Higgs properties After observation of a Higgs boson at LHC, determination of its properties, i.e., all the quantum numbers and couplings, is the next goal to unravel the underlying theory. the gauge, Yukawa, and self-couplings the charge, color, spin, CP quantum numbers For the CP property at LHC Higgs decay, e.g. H->ZZ->(ll)(ll) Higgs+2jet production, pp->Hjj Dell ’ Aquila,Nelson(1986) S.Y.Choi et al.(2003) Buszello et al.(2004) T.Plehn et al.(2002)
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07124/24 Higgs production at LHC A.Djouadi hep-ph/ WBF
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07125/24 WBF (weak-boson fusion) The distinctive kinematics of WBF Far forward and backward jets. The Higgs boson is produced centrally. the t-channel weak-boson propagator D.Rainwater hep-ph/
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07126/24 Azimuthal angle correlations in WBF The anomalous HWW coupling The azimuthal correlations reflects the tensor structure of the Higgs couplings. Why is SM flat ? Why is CP-even (odd) suppressed at phi=90 (0 and 180) ? T.Plehn, D.Rainwater, D.Zeppenfeld PRL88(2002)051801
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07127/24 WBF vs. GF Higgs + 2 jet events are produced also via gluon fusion (GF); qq->qqH, qg->qgH, gg->ggH V. Del Duca et al. NPB616(2001)367 hep-ph/ We consider both of them VBF as VBF systematically.
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07128/24 Motivation II: massive gravitons As another interest to study the azimuthal correlations at LHC, we attempt to apply it to massive-graviton productions. We consider the simplest Randall-Sundrum (RS) model, where only gravitons can propagate in extra dimension. So far, several phenomenological studies have been made on the s-channel graviton resonances and their decays for the discovery and the determination of the spin-2 nature. Davoudiasl et al. (2000,2001) Allanach et al. (2000,2002), Traczyk, Wrochna (2002) Abazov et al. [D0 collaboration] (2005) We study the massive-graviton production via the VBF process, which may have a potential to determine its properties as in the Higgs case.
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH07129/24 Motivation III: production v. decay correlation X + 2 jet production via VBF X decay to 4 jets via a vector-boson pair Both have identical topology. It may be useful to compare the production correlations with the decay correlations.
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071210/24 X + 2 jet production The subprocesses qq ’ ->qq ’ X (V=W,Z,g) H: only one t-channel VBF diagram G: 28 diagrams qg->qgX (V=g) H: 8 diagrams G: 21 diagrams gg->ggX (V=g) H: 26 diagrams G: 26 diagrams (in the Higgs effective field theory) We consider only one VBF diagram for a while. by MG/ME
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071211/24 Helicity formalism For the VBF process the completeness relation for space-like vector-boson the conserved current
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071212/24 Kinematics
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071213/24 Current amplitudes For the production quark: gluon: For the decay quark: gluon:
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071214/24 Quark current amplitudes
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071215/24 Gluon current amplitudes
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071216/24 Relation to splitting amplitudes For the production z: the energy fraction of the initial parton that is carried off by the space-like vector-boson For the decay z: the energy fraction of the time-like vector- boson that is carried off by the final parton the collinear limit
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071217/24 Quark splitting amplitudes
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071218/24 Gluon splitting amplitudes
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071219/24 VBF vertex The XVV vertex The polarization tensor and the GXX vertex
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071220/24 VBF amplitudes for
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071221/24 Azimuthal angle correlations The WBF cuts can select the VBF diagram effectively.
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071222/24 Quantum interference between the different helicity states The full helicity amplitude for the Higgs boson For, e.g., H(WBF): H: A:
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071223/24 Quantum interference between the different helicity states The full helicity amplitude for the massive- graviton The caes is dominant. There is no interference term. No azimuthal dependence.
December 14, 2007K.Mawatari KEKPH071224/24 Summary We studied Higgs boson and massive-graviton productions in association with two jets via VBF (=WBF+GF) and their decays at hadron colliders. We presented the helicity amplitudes for the subprocesses explicitly, and showed that quantum interference between different helicity states leads to a non-trivial azimuthal angle correlation of the jets in the production and in the decay. These correlations reflect the spin and CP nature of the Higgs bosons and the massive-gravitons.