21–26 Oct 2026
Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel
Asia/Shanghai timezone

Towards Detector-Level Probes of Gluon Spin Correlations in Higgs Decays with the CEPC AGORA Detector

22 Oct 2026, 14:25
20m
Junior Ballroom I

Junior Ballroom I

Oral Presentation 02: Higgs Physics Higgs Physics

Speaker

Shahd Younes

Description

Partonic spin correlations in Higgs boson decays provide a novel opportunity to probe the CP structure of the Higgs--gluon coupling at future lepton colliders. Translating this physics potential into a realistic measurement requires the identification of different gluon splitting modes, whose contributions can otherwise largely cancel in inclusive observables. In this work, we take a step towards a detector-level measurement using full-simulation samples of the CEPC AGORA detector at $\sqrt{s}=240~\mathrm{GeV}$. Building on the jet-tagging framework developed for the AGORA detector studies, we develop an extended seven-class jet tagger capable of distinguishing quark flavors and different gluon splitting modes. This enables the separation of $H\to gg$ events into $gggg$, $ggq\bar{q}$, and $q\bar{q}q\bar{q}$ topologies, providing the experimental basis for measuring their event rates and spin-sensitive observables. The study establishes a pathway towards detector-level measurements of gluon spin correlations and, ultimately, direct constraints on the CP structure of the Higgs--gluon coupling at the CEPC.

Authors

Shuo Han (IHEP (高能所)) 冠哲 王 (新疆大学) 宇烜 郭 (湖南大学) Shahd Younes

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