High energy probes of Higgs boson self-coupling via W boson fusion at future lepton colliders
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling through $W$ boson fusion di-Higgs production at CLIC with a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=3$ TeV. We study the interplay between the Higgs self-coupling modifier ($κ_λ$) and Higgs-gauge coupling modifiers ($κ_{V}$ and $κ_{2V}$) within the $κ$ framework. To enhance the separation between signal and background, we develop a graph neural network (GNN) based classifier that achieves a signal significance of $\mathscr{Z}\approx 20~σ$ at $5~\mathrm{ab}^{-1}$, substantially exceeding projected HL-LHC sensitivity. Our results demonstrate that high-energy lepton colliders, combined with graph-based machine learning, provide excellent sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling and offer a powerful probe of new physics in the electroweak sector, disentangling linearly and non-linearly realized electroweak symmetry breaking.
DOI: 10.1103/z2k9-mjbr
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G1914638653
OpenAlex ID: W7196970738