Inferences on the Higgs Boson and Axion Masses through a Maximum Entropy Principle

TL;DR

This paper reviews the application of the Maximum Entropy Principle to infer the masses of the Higgs boson and axion, incorporating decay channels and entropy maximization to derive estimates.

Contribution

It introduces a novel use of MEP for precise inference of Higgs and axion masses, considering axion decay into neutrinos and photons.

Findings

Precise inference of Higgs boson mass.

Estimated axion mass considering decay channels.

Demonstrated the effectiveness of MEP in particle physics inference.

Abstract

The Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) is a method that can be used to infer the value of an unknown quantity in a set of probability functions. In this work we review two applications of MEP: one giving a precise inference of the Higgs boson mass value; and the other one allowing to infer the mass of the axion. In particular, for the axion we assume that it has a decay channel into pairs of neutrinos, in addition to the decay into two photons. The Shannon entropy associated to an initial ensemble of axions decaying into photons and neutrinos is then built for maximization.