# Higgs boson production via vector-like top-partner decays: diphoton or multilepton plus multijets channels at the LHC

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IP2I Lyon - Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
Abstract : We first build a minimal model of vector-like quarks where the dominant Higgs boson production process at LHC -- the gluon fusion -- can be significantly suppressed, being motivated by the recent stringent constraints from the search for direct Higgs production over a wide Higgs mass range. Within this model, compatible with the present experimental constraints on direct Higgs searches, we demonstrate that the Higgs ($h$) production via a heavy vector-like top-partner ($t_2$) decay, $pp \to t_2 \bar t_2$, $t_2\to t h$, allows to discover a Higgs boson at the LHC and measure its mass, through the decay channels $h\to \gamma\gamma$ or $h\to ZZ$. We also comment on the recent hint in LHC data from a possible $\sim 125$ GeV Higgs scalar, in the presence of heavy vector-like top quarks.
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A. Azatov, O. Bondu, A. Falkowski, M. Felcini, S. Gascon-Shotkin, et al.. Higgs boson production via vector-like top-partner decays: diphoton or multilepton plus multijets channels at the LHC. Physical Review D, American Physical Society, 2012, 85, pp.115022. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.85.115022⟩. ⟨in2p3-00690982⟩

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