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Sensitivity to longitudinal vector boson scattering and doubly charged Higgs boson production in W ± W ± j j at future hadron colliders

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We study the sensitivity to longitudinal vector boson scattering at a 27-, 50-, and 100-TeV collider using events containing two leptonically decaying same-electric-charge W bosons produced in association with two jets. The baseline FCC-hh detector parametrization within the framework is used under the assumption of fully efficient pileup mitigation. A tightly constrained phase space with a dijet mass greater than 2 TeV is considered in order to suppress the impact of potential instrumental backgrounds. Based on this setup, the expected sensitivity to the production of longitudinally polarized same-sign W boson pairs is evaluated. Additionally, expected limits are set on doubly charged Higgs bosons produced via vector boson fusion processes and decaying to same-sign W boson pairs.

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/99r1-vq2h

Authors: Aram Apyan, Samuel Kelson, Chilufya Mwewa, Marc-André Pleier, Luka Nedic, Karolos Potamianos

Institutions: Brandeis University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Oxford, University of Warwick

Language: English

Topic: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council, High Energy Physics