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Consequences of Suppressed Higgs Decays to Photons at the LHC. Brooks Thomas. What do we know about EWSB?. Higgs Physics in the LHC Era. Collider Physics of an SM Higgs. Detecting a SM Higgs at the LHC. WBF. Gluon Fusion. tth. Standard Model. More Complicated Model.
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Consequences of Suppressed Higgs Decays to Photons at the LHC Brooks Thomas
Detecting a SM Higgs at the LHC WBF Gluon Fusion tth
Standard Model More Complicated Model Mixing between mass, gauge eigenstates: CS Mixing between VEVs: CV More Complicated Higgs Sectors
The hgg and h Effective Vertices W,Z New particles in loops t Higgs-Photon Coupling: Higgs-Gluon Coupling:
Shutting Off h! No effective h vertex!
Type I Higgs Scenarios Consequences of mixing:
The Effect on Observables 3). Modification of Total Higgs Width 1). Modification of Production Cross Section 2). Modification of Decay Widths W,Z f f
Significance of Discovery Standard Model Two-Photon Decay Suppressed
Conclusions Acknowledgments