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We consider the complete set of observables for collider searches for indirect effects of new heavy physics. They consist of SU(3)C × U(1)EM invariant interaction terms/operators that parameterize deviations from the Standard Model. We show that, under very general assumptions, the leading deviations from the Standard Model are given by a finite number of ‘primary’ operators, with the remaining operators given by ‘Mandelstam descendants’ whose effects are suppressed by powers of Mandelstam variables divided by the mass scale M of the heavy physics. We explicitly determine all 3 and 4-point primary operators relevant for Higgs signals at colliders by using the correspondence between on-shell amplitudes and independent operators. We give a detailed discussion of the methods used to obtain this result, including a new analytical method for determining the independent operators. The results are checked using the Hilbert series that counts independent operators. We also give a rough sketch of the phenomenology, including unitarity bounds on the interaction strengths and rough estimates of their importance for Higgs decays at the HL-LHC. These results motivate further exploration of Higgs decays to \( Z\overline{f}f \), \( W\overline{f}{f}^{\prime } \), \( \gamma \overline{f}f \), and Zγγ.
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We thank Timothy Cohen, Nathaniel Craig, Christophe Grojean, Xiaochuan Lu, Peter Onyisi, Yael Shadmi, and Zhengkang Zhang for helpful discussions. The work of SC was supported by DOE Grant Number DE-SC0011640, and the work of MC, DL, and MAL was supported by DOE Grant Number DE-SC-0009999. The work of SC and MAL was partially performed at the Aspen Center for Physics, which is supported by National Science Foundation grant PHY-1607611.
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Chang, S., Chen, M., Liu, D. et al. Primary observables for indirect searches at colliders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 30 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)030
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