Second Annual U.S. Future Circular Collider (FCC) Workshop 2024

Measurement of Higgs decays to a bottom quark pair

25 Mar 2024, 20:00

5m

Grier Room, Building 34, 34-401A/B (MIT)

Analysis experimental Social events

Speakers

Cailtlin Kubina (University of Maryland) Jacob Lee (University of Maryland) Joshua Robbins (University of Maryland) Sarah Waldych (University of Maryland)

Description

We present a Monte Carlo analysis of a Higgs Boson decaying into two bottom quarks produced from electron-positron collisions at 240 GeV center-of-mass energy in the context of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) feasibility study. The Higgs boson decay to two bottom quarks is the most copious Higgs decay and its measurement will allow for the most precise determination of the Higgs couplings to fermions and in particular the b quark. We present an analysis that outlines the key steps including a first take at the leading uncertainties.