Gravitational Decay Modes of the Standard Model Higgs Particle

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the decay of the Standard Model Higgs into two gravitons is independent of gravitational strength and could dominate other decay modes if the Higgs mass is within a specific range.

Contribution

It shows that Higgs decay into gravitons is independent of G and can dominate other decay channels under certain mass conditions.

Findings

Higgs decay into two gravitons is G-independent.

Higgs decay into gravitons can dominate over photon and jet decays.

Decay mode dominance depends on Higgs mass range.

Abstract

If the Einstein field equations are employed at the tree level, then the decay of the standard model Higgs particle into two gravitons is shown to be independent of the gravitational coupling strength G. The result follows from the physical equivalence between the Higgs induced ``inertial mass'' and the ``gravitational mass'' of general relativity. If the Higgs mass lies well between the mass of a bottom quark anti-quark pair and the mass of a top quark anti-quark pair, then the Higgs decay into two gravitons will dominate both the QED induced two photon decay and the QCD induced two jet decays.