Higgs production in association with top quark pair at e+e- colliders in theories of higher dimensional gravity

Abstract

The models of large extra compact dimensions, as suggested by Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos and Dvali, predict exciting phenomenological consequences with gravitational interactions becoming strong at the TeV scale. Such theories can be tested at the existing and future colliders. In this paper, we study the contribution of virtual Kaluza-Klein excitations in the process $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to t\bar{t}H$ at future linear collider (NLC). We find that the virtual exchange KK gravitons can modify the cross-section $\sigma (e^{+}{e}^{-}\to t\bar{t}H)$ significantly from its Standard Model value and will allow the effective string scale to be probed up to 7.9 TeV.

10 pages, Latex, 4 postscript figures