Lepton flavor violating Higgs decay at $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ colliders

Abstract

We estimate the smallest branching ratio for the Higgs decay channel $h\to \mu \tau$, which can be probed at an $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider and compare it with the projected reach at the high-luminosity run of the LHC. Using a model-independent approach, Higgs production is considered in two separate cases. In the first case, $hWW$ and $hZZ$ couplings are allowed to be scaled by a factor allowed by the latest experimental limits on $hWW$ and $hZZ$ couplings. In the second case, we have introduced higher-dimensional effective operators for these interaction vertices. Keeping BR($h\to \mu \tau$) as a purely phenomenological quantity, we find that this branching ratio can be probed down to $\approx 2.69\times 10^{-3}$ and $\approx 5.83\times 10^{-4}$ respectively, at the 250 GeV and 1000 GeV run of an $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider.

37 pages, 13 figures, 13 tables

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