Linearly Polarized Gluons and the Higgs Transverse Momentum Distribution

2011/09/30 by Daniël Boer, Daniel Boer, Wilco J. den Dunnen +3 · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Boson #Geometry #Gluon #Hadron #Higgs boson #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pseudoscalar #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Scalar (mathematics) #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.032002

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 032002 (2012) · 4 pages, 3 figures, final version, published in PRL

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Abstract

We study how gluons carrying linear polarization inside an unpolarized hadron contribute to the transverse momentum distribution of Higgs bosons produced in hadronic collisions. They modify the distribution produced by unpolarized gluons in a characteristic way that could be used to determine whether the Higgs boson is a scalar or a pseudoscalar particle.

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