Probing Compositeness with Higgs Boson Decays at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to test Higgs boson compositeness at the LHC by analyzing boosted Higgs decays, with potential to probe compositeness scales up to 3 TeV using high-luminosity data.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to directly investigate Higgs compositeness through boosted Higgs production associated with gauge bosons at the LHC.

Findings

Potential to probe compositeness scales up to 3 TeV.

Method effective with 3000 fb$^{-1}$ at 13 TeV.

Enhances understanding of Higgs boson structure.

Abstract

A method is proposed to directly probe the Higgs boson compositeness using the unique characteristics of a boosted Higgs boson produced in association with a weak gauge boson ($W^{\pm},Z$). The discovery potential for the upcoming LHC running is presented, showing that compositeness scales up to 3 TeV can be probed at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of $\mathcal{L}=3000$ fb$^{-1}$ collected at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV.