Probing complex phase of the photon-photon-Higgs vertex at photon colliders

Abstract

We study the effects of heavy Higgs bosons on the top-pair production process at photon linear colliders. The interference patterns between the resonant Higgs-production amplitudes and the continuum QED amplitudes are examined. The patterns tell us not only the CP nature of the Higgs bosons but also the phase of the $\gamma \gamma$--Higgs vertex which gives new information about the Higgs couplings to new charged particles.

To appear in the Proceedings of SUSY 2003, held at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 5-10 June 2003