Higgs production at next generation $e^+e^-$ colliders

TL;DR

This paper evaluates Higgs production mechanisms at future electron-positron colliders, calculating cross sections, backgrounds, and event yields to assess their potential for advancing Higgs physics research.

Contribution

It provides detailed cross section and event yield calculations for Higgs production at four proposed colliders, including background reduction strategies and significance analysis.

Findings

High event numbers for Higgsstrahlung and fusion processes at all colliders.

Electron-positron colliders are promising for future Higgs studies.

Background suppression methods are effective in these analyses.

Abstract

In this study, Higgs production processes, Higgsstrahlung and vector boson (W and Z) fusion processes, were investigated for four different future lepton colliders (CEPC, ILC, CLIC, and FCC-ee). The cross sections for each production process and corresponding backgrounds were calculated considering the ISR and beamstrahlung effects. Various cuts and the b-tagging method were used to reduce the background. Finally, the number of events for each collider was determined, and significance calculations were performed. In our calculations, high event numbers were obtained for all four colliders for the Higgsstrahlung, W, and Z fusion process. This shows that electron-positron colliders will play an important role in future Higgs physics research.