Polarized and unpolarized off-shell $H^{\ast }\to ZZ\to 4\ell$ decay above the $2m_Z$ threshold

Abstract

An analysis of the off-shell $H^{\ast }\to ZZ\to {\overline{\ell }}_1{\ell }_1{\overline{\ell }}_2{\ell }_2$ decay width is presented for both unpolarized and polarized $Z$ gauge bosons in the scenario with the most general $H^{\ast }ZZ$ vertex function, which is given in terms of two $CP$-even (${\hat{b}}_Z$ and ${\hat{c}}_Z$) and one $CP$-odd (${\tilde{b}}_Z$) anomalous couplings. The SM contributions to the $H^{\ast }ZZ$ coupling up to the one-loop level are also included. Explicit analytic results for the unpolarized and polarized $H^{\ast }\to ZZ\to {\overline{\ell }}_1{\ell }_1{\overline{\ell }}_2{\ell }_2$ square amplitudes and the four-body phase space are presented, out of which several observable quantities can be obtained straightforwardly. As far as the numerical analysis is concerned, a cross-check is performed via \texttt{MadGraph5\_aMC@NLO}, where our model was implemented with the aid of FeynRules. We then consider the most stringent bounds on anomalous complex $H^{\ast }ZZ$ couplings and analyze the effects of the polarizations of the $Z$ gauge bosons through the polarized $H^{\ast }\to ZZ\to {\overline{\ell }}_1{\ell }_1{\overline{\ell }}_2{\ell }_2$ decay width as well as left-right and forward-backward asymmetries, which are found to be sensitive to new-physics effects. Particular focus is put on the effects of the absorptive parts of the anomalous $H^{\ast }ZZ$ couplings, which have been largely overlooked up to now in LHC analyses. It is found that the studied observable quantities, particularly the left-right asymmetries, can be helpful to look for effects of $CP$-violation in the $H^{\ast }ZZ$ coupling and set bounds on the absorptive parts. For completeness, we also analyze the case of unpolarized $Z$ gauge bosons.

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