Probing New Physics in Higgs Couplings to Fermions using an Angular Analysis

Abstract

The standard-model Higgs boson couples to quarks through a parity-even scalar $Hq\bar{q}$ coupling. We show that the rare Higgs decay $H\to VZ$, where $V$ is a vector quarkonium state such as $J/\psi$ ($c\bar{c}$) or ${\rm Y}(1S)$ ($b\bar{b}$), can be used to search for the presence of a parity-odd pseudoscalar $Hq\bar{q}$ coupling. Since both $V$ and $Z$ can decay to a pair of charged leptons, this presents an experimentally-clean channel that can be observed at the high-luminosity LHC or a future hadron collider. The P-even and P-odd $Hq\bar{q}$ couplings can be measured by analyzing the angular distribution of the final-state leptons.

15 pages, 2 figures, version published in Phys. Lett. B

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