2012/05/17 by C. Grefe, Grefe, Christian, T. Laštovička +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.3908
openalex publication_date 2012/05/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Higgs boson is the most anticipated discovery at the LHC, which can only partially explore its true nature. Thus one of the most compelling arguments to build a future linear collider is to investigate properties of the Higgs boson, especially to test the predicted linear dependence of the branching ratios on the mass of the final state. At a 3TeV CLIC machine the Higgs boson production cross section is relatively large and allows for a precision measurement of the Higgs branching ratio to pairs of b and c quarks, and even to muons. The cross section times branching ratio of the decays H→ bb, H→ cc and H→ μ+μ- can be measured with a statistical uncertainty of approximately 0.22%, 3.2% and 15%, respectively.