The effects of the little Higgs models on $t\bar{t} h^0$ production via $γγ$ collision at linear colliders

Abstract

In the frameworks of the littlest Higgs($LH$) model and its extension with T-parity($LHT$), we studied the associated $t\bar th^0$ production process $e^+ e^- \to γγ\to t \bar t h^0$ at the future $e^+e^-$ linear colliders up to QCD next-to-leading order. We present the regions of $\sqrt{s}-f$ parameter space in which the $LH$ and $LHT$ effects can and cannot be discovered with the criteria assumed in this paper. The production rates of process $γγ\to t \bar t h^0$ in different photon polarization collision modes are also discussed. We conclude that one could observe the effects contributed by the $LH$ or $LHT$ model on the cross section for the process $e^+ e^- \to γγ\to t \bar t h^0$ in a reasonable parameter space, or might put more stringent constraints on the $LH$/$LHT$ parameters in the future experiments at linear colliders.