Higgs at ILC in Universal Extra Dimensions in Light of Recent LHC Data

TL;DR

This paper analyzes how recent LHC Higgs data constrains universal extra dimension models, showing potential enhancements in Higgs production and decay channels, with implications for future collider experiments.

Contribution

It provides updated bounds on KK scales in UED models based on LHC Higgs data and explores the effects on Higgs production and decay rates at future colliders.

Findings

KK scale lower bound from 500 GeV to 1 TeV

Higgs diphoton decay can be enhanced by 1.5 times

Diphoton decay branching ratio can be suppressed by 80%

Abstract

We present bounds on all the known universal extra dimension models from the latest Higgs search data at the Large Hadron Collider, taking into account the Kaluza-Klein (KK) loop effects on the dominant gluon-fusion production and on the diphoton/digluon decay. The lower bound on the KK scale is from 500GeV to 1TeV depending on the model. We find that the Higgs production cross section with subsequent diphoton decay can be enhanced by a factor 1.5 within this experimental bound, with little dependence on the Higgs mass in between 115GeV and 130GeV. We also show that in such a case the Higgs decay branching ratio into a diphoton final state can be suppressed by a factor 80%, which is marginally observable at a high energy/luminosity option at the International Linear Collider. The Higgs production cross section at a photon-photon collider can also be suppressed by a similar factor 90%, being well within the expected experimental reach.