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A “Higgs factory”, an electron-positron collider with center-of-mass energy of about 250 GeV, will measure the cross section of the Higgsstrahlung process, e + e − → hZ, with sub-percent precision. This measurement is sensitive to a variety of new physics scenarios. In this paper, we study two examples. First, we compute corrections to the e + e − → hZ differential cross section in the effective field theory (EFT) approach, including the complete set of dimension-6 operators contributing to this process. These results are applicable to any model where the new physics mass scale is significantly above the weak scale. Second, we present a complete one-loop calculation of the effect of third-generation squarks, with arbitrary soft masses and mixing, on this cross section. This is expected to be the leading correction in natural supersymmetric models. We demonstrate the agreement between the full one-loop calculation and the EFT result in the limit of large stop masses. Finally, we estimate the discovery reach of the e + e − → hZ cross section measurement in the two models.
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Craig, N., Farina, M., McCullough, M. et al. Precision Higgsstrahlung as a probe of new physics. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 146 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2015)146
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