Radiative corrections of heavy scalar decays to gauge bosons in the singlet extension of the Standard Model

Abstract

Assuming the existence of a new real scalar singlet $s^0$ coupled to the Standard Model via a scalar quartic portal interaction, we compute the radiative corrections to the decay rates of the heavy scalar mass eigenstate to a couple of gauge bosons $ZZ$ and $W^+W^-(\gamma)$, showing that they can give a contribution as large as ${\cal{O}}$(5\%) and ${\cal{O}}$(7\%), respectively. We also explicitly analyze in detail their dependence on the heavy mass $m_S$ and on the scalar mixing angle $\alpha$, finding that, especially in the large-mass region, these depend on the sign of $\sin\alpha$.