Determining the CP of a Higgs Particle at a Future Linear Collider

Abstract

In a more general electroweak theory, there could be Higgs particles that are odd under $CP$. Correlations among momenta of the initial electron and final-state fermions are in the Bjorken process sensitive to the $CP$ parity. Monte Carlo data on the expected efficiency demonstrate that it should be possible to verify the scalar character of an intermediate-mass Standard Model Higgs boson after three years of data taking at a future linear collider. This is most likely not possible at LEP2. Signals of possible presence of $CP$ violation in the Higgs sector are briefly discussed.

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