Associated scalar-vector production at the LHC within an effective Lagrangian approach

Abstract

We consider the case in which a strong dynamics is responsible for Electro-Weak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB) and both a scalar $h$ and a vector $V$, respectively a singlet and a triplet under a custodial $SU\left(2\right)$, are relevant and have a mass below the cut-off $\Lambda \approx 4\pi v$. In this framework we study the total cross sections for the associated $Vh$ production at the LHC at 14 TeV as functions of two independent free parameters.

To appear in the Proceedings of IFAE2010 - Incontri di Fisica delle Alte Energie, Rome, Italy, 7-9 April 2010