SciPost Submission Page
Higgs-Boson Decays: Updates
by Emanuele Bagnaschi, Lisa Biermann, Michael Spira
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi · Lisa Biermann · Michael Spira |
| Submission information | |
|---|---|
| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24658v3 (pdf) |
| Date submitted: | Jan. 21, 2026, 11:09 a.m. |
| Submitted by: | Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Community Reports |
| for consideration in Collection: |
| Ontological classification | |
|---|---|
| Academic field: | Physics |
| Specialties: |
|
| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
In this contribution, new developments for the Standard Model Higgs-boson decays will be summarized. This addresses extensions of the grids used by {\tt Hdecay} to implement finite NLO mass effects for $H\to gg$ as well as explicit numbers for the branching fraction for the strange-Yukawa induced part of $H\to s\bar s$ together with the related uncertainties. In addition, first results of the strong and weak Dalitz decays of the Higgs-boson decays $H\to s\bar s + g/γ$ are presented. The Dalitz decays define the separation between the Yukawa-induced part and the continuum, that is not induced by the strange-Yukawa coupling, and thus pave the way towards a solid determination of the strange-Yukawa coupling at future $e^+e^-$ colliders, but will also be relevant for solid bounds on the strange-Yukawa coupling at the LHC.
Author comments upon resubmission
List of changes
- Modified the text in the caption of fig. 1.
- Added new curves to fig. 3 right.
Current status:
Reports on this Submission
Report
It is not clear to me why the first sentence of the caption of figure 1 still refers to the top-mass effects only, but I do not believe that this minor issue warrants a further iteration of the review process. I will thus recommend that the paper be published in SciPost.
Recommendation
Publish (meets expectations and criteria for this Journal)
Author: Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi on 2026-01-26 [id 6273]
(in reply to Report 1 on 2026-01-21)We thank the referee for carefully reading our manuscript.
In arxiv v4, which we will submit when allowed to do so by the editor, we have fixed the caption of Fig. 1, which now does not refer anymore to the top mass effect (typo).