Prospects for precision Higgs boson measurements at a 10 TeV muon collider
Abstract
A 10 TeV muon collider offers a powerful environment for precision studies of the Higgs sector through its large vector-boson-fusion production rates. This review presents projected sensitivities to single- and double-Higgs production cross sections, the Higgs boson mass, and the trilinear Higgs self-coupling. The projections are obtained from detailed simulations of the MUSIC detector, including machine-induced background, for a baseline configuration of two experiments, each collecting an integrated luminosity of 10 ab−1. The H→ bb̅ and H→ WW∗ production cross sections can be measured with statistical precisions of 0.18% and 0.35%, respectively, while precisions of 2.6%, 4.2%, and 6.9% are expected for H→γγ, H→ ZZ∗, and H→μ+μ-. Combining the H→ bb̅, H→γγ, and H→μ+μ- channels yields an expected Higgs boson mass precision of about 19 MeV. Double-Higgs production can be measured with statistical precisions of 4.2% in the HH→ bb̅bb̅ channel and 14% in the HH→ bb̅WW∗ channel. Using the HH→ bb̅bb̅ channel, the trilinear Higgs self-coupling can be determined with an expected precision of about 5%. These results demonstrate the potential of a high-energy muon collider for precision Higgs physics.
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BibTeX
@misc{andreetto2026prospects,
title = {{Prospects for precision Higgs boson measurements at a 10 TeV muon collider}},
author = {Paolo Andreetto and Massimo Casarsa and Luca Castelli and Alessio Gianelle and Donatella Lucchesi and Leonardo Palombini and Imran Raghib and Lorenzo Sestini and Davide Zuliani},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.08392},
eprint = {2609.08392},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.08392},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Prospects for precision Higgs boson measurements at a 10 TeV muon collider
AU - Paolo Andreetto
AU - Massimo Casarsa
AU - Luca Castelli
AU - Alessio Gianelle
AU - Donatella Lucchesi
AU - Leonardo Palombini
AU - Imran Raghib
AU - Lorenzo Sestini
AU - Davide Zuliani
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/08
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.08392
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.08392
AB - A 10 TeV muon collider offers a powerful environment for precision studies of the Higgs sector through its large vector-boson-fusion production rates. This review presents projected sensitivities to single- and double-Higgs production cross sections, the Higgs boson mass, and the trilinear Higgs self-coupling. The projections are obtained from detailed simulations of the MUSIC detector, including machine-induced background, for a baseline configuration of two experiments, each collecting an integrated luminosity of 10 ab^−1. The H→ bb̅ and H→ WW^∗ production cross sections can be measured with statistical precisions of 0.18% and 0.35%, respectively, while precisions of 2.6%, 4.2%, and 6.9% are expected for H→γγ, H→ ZZ^∗, and H→μ^+μ^-. Combining the H→ bb̅, H→γγ, and H→μ^+μ^- channels yields an expected Higgs boson mass precision of about 19 MeV. Double-Higgs production can be measured with statistical precisions of 4.2% in the HH→ bb̅bb̅ channel and 14% in the HH→ bb̅WW^∗ channel. Using the HH→ bb̅bb̅ channel, the trilinear Higgs self-coupling can be determined with an expected precision of about 5%. These results demonstrate the potential of a high-energy muon collider for precision Higgs physics.
ER -