Determining the $CP$ Property of $ht\bar{t}$ Coupling via a Novel Jet Substructure Observable

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new jet substructure observable based on azimuthal anisotropy in polarized gluon jets, providing a novel method to determine the $CP$ property of the Higgs-top coupling at hadron colliders.

Contribution

It proposes a new $CP$-odd observable derived from jet substructure and develops a factorization formalism for polarized gluon jet functions.

Findings

Demonstrates the observable's sensitivity to $CP$ properties.

Provides a theoretical framework for polarized gluon jet analysis.

Suggests potential for experimental application in Higgs physics.

Abstract

Determining the $CP$ property of the Higgs boson is important for a precision test of the Standard Model as well as for the search for new physics. We propose a novel jet substructure observable based on the azimuthal anisotropy in a linearly polarized gluon jet that is produced in association with a Higgs boson at hadron colliders, and demonstrate that it provides a new $CP$-odd observable for determining the $CP$ property of the Higgs-top interaction. We introduce a factorization formalism to define a polarized gluon jet function with the insertion of an infrared-safe azimuthal observable to capture the linear polarization.