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Junping Tian

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arXiv2026

Higgs Self-Coupling Measurement at a Linear Collider at 550 GeV

The Higgs mechanism is essential for the success of the Standard Model (SM) and can be experimentally verified with the determination of the Higgs self-coupling. As the simplest model of a Higgs potential, the SM provides a clear prediction of the Higgs self-coupling in terms of the Higgs boson mass and the vacuum expectation value. Any deviations would indicate physics beyond the SM and help guide extended Higgs models. At large enough centre-of-mass energies, double-Higgs production provides tree-level sensitivity to the trilinear Higgs self-coupling. At 550 GeV the leading production mode in $e^+e^-$ comes from di-Higgs strahlung with a small contribution from $WW$-fusion. The most up-to-date ILD projections are extrapolated based on a full simulation analysis from 2014 by incorporating expected improvements in flavour tagging and kinematic reconstruction for event selection, and are presented in this contribution together with the ongoing re-analysis using fast SGV (Simulation a Grande Vitesse) simulations of the ILD detector concept on a full SM background including the aforementioned state-of-the-art reconstruction and analysis tools.

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arXiv2025

Update of the Higgs Self-coupling Projections from Di-Higgs Production in Detailed Simulation of the ILD Concept

This contribution summarizes the update of the projections for the determination of the tri-linear Higgs self-coupling from di-Higgs production at future $e^+e^-$ colliders. In particular, we will present an update of the analysis of $ZHH$ production at 500 GeV in detailed simulations of the ILD concept, covering the $HH\rightarrow b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ and $Z\rightarrow q\bar{q} / e^+e^- / \mu^+\mu^- /\nu\bar{\nu}$ channels. Based on the experience of previous analyses, we will extrapolate these to contain some of the remaining decay modes, e.g. $HH\rightarrow b\bar{b} WW^*$ or $Z\rightarrow \tau^+\tau^-$, as well as the contribution from the $WW$ fusion production mode. We will study the dependency of the results on the centre-of-mass energy (in particular discussing 550 GeV and 1 TeV) as well as on the value of the trilinear coupling realised in nature.

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arXiv2025

Determination of the first-generation quark couplings at the Z-pole

Electroweak Precision Measurements are stringent tests of the Standard Model and sensitive probes to New Physics. Accurate studies of the $Z$-boson couplings to the first-generation quarks, which are currently constrained from LEP data to a few percent, could reveal potential discrepancies from the theory predictions. Future $e^+e^-$ colliders running at the $Z$-pole would be an excellent tool for an analysis based on a comparison of radiative and non-radiative $Z$ boson decays. In this paper, we present a method to extract the values of the $Z$ couplings to light quarks and discuss the uncertainty of the measurement, including contributions from various systematic effects. We show that systematic uncertainty in the heavy-flavour tagging performance is the key factor in the analysis and reducing it to a sub-permille level might be crucial to fully profit from the high luminosity of future $e^+e^-$ machines. The measurement could improve the LEP results by at least an order of magnitude.

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arXiv2024

Higgs Self-coupling Strategy at Linear e$^+$e$^-$ Colliders

The determination of the Higgs self-coupling is a key target for future colliders, in particular through di-Higgs production at $e^+e^-$ Linear Colliders with $\sqrt{s} > 450$\,GeV, e.g.\ ILC, C3 or CLIC. This contribution will discuss the roles and the interplay of di-Higgs production processes at various collider energies, including the case of non-SM values of the self-coupling. Previous studies, already based on Geant4-based detector simulation, established that the Higgs self-coupling can be extracted with $10-27\%$ precision and provided a solid understanding of the limiting factors. This provides a robust starting point to explore the potential of more modern and sophisticated reconstruction and analysis techniques. We summarize the impact of advanced, often machine-learning-based algorithms, including e.g.\ jet clustering, kinematic fitting and matrix element-inferred likelihoods on the reconstruction of $ZHH$ events and before discussing the dependence of the projected precision on the center-of-mass energy and on the actual value of the self-coupling.

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arXiv2024

Towards an update of the ILD ZHH analysis

The double Higgs-strahlungs process $e^+e^- \rightarrow ZHH$ allows to access the Higgs self-coupling at center-of-mass energies above $450$ GeV. Its cross-section exhibits a very different behavior as a function of the value of the self-coupling than fusion-type processes like gluon-gluon fusion at LHC (and future hadron colliders) and $WW$ / $ZZ$ fusion at higher energy lepton colliders. Therefore it adds unique information to the picture, in particular should the value of the Higgs self-coupling differ from its Standard Model prediction. The last full evaluation of the potential of the ILC to measure this process is more than ten years old, and since then many of the reconstruction tools have received very significant improvements. This contribution presents the ongoing work in the ILD collaboration to update the ZHH projections for the next European Particle Physics Strategy Update.

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arXiv2024

Precise measurement of light-quark electroweak couplings at future colliders

Electroweak Precision Measurements are stringent tests of the Standard Model and sensitive probes to New Physics. Accurate studies of the Z-boson couplings to the first-generation quarks could reveal potential discrepancies between the fundamental theory and experimental data. Future lepton colliders offering high statistics of Z bosons would be an excellent tool to perform such a measurement based on comparison of radiative and non-radiative hadronic decays of the Z boson. Due to the difference in quark charge, the relative contribution of the events with final-state radiation (FSR) directly reflects the ratio of up- and down-type quark decays. Such an analysis requires a proper distinction between photons coming from different sources, including initial-state radiation (ISR), FSR, parton showers and hadronisation. In our talk, we will show how to extract the values of the Z couplings to quarks and present preliminary results of the analysis for ILC.

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arXiv2024

Focus topics for the ECFA study on Higgs / Top / EW factories

In order to stimulate new engagement and trigger some concrete studies in areas where further work would be beneficial towards fully understanding the physics potential of an $e^+e^-$ Higgs / Top / Electroweak factory, we propose to define a set of focus topics. The general reasoning and the proposed topics are described in this document.

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arXiv2023

Searching for heavy neutral leptons through exotic Higgs decays at the ILC

In this study we investigate the feasibility of detecting heavy neutral leptons ($N_d$) through exotic Higgs decays at the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC), specifically in the channel of $e^+ e^- \to qq~ H$ with $H\to \nu N_d \to \nu~lW \to \nu l~qq$. Analyses based on full detector simulations of the ILD are performed at the center-of-mass energy of 250 GeV for two different beam polarization schemes with a total integrated luminosity of 2 $\mathrm{ab}^{-1}$. A range of heavy neutral lepton masses between the $Z$ boson and Higgs boson masses are studied. The $2\sigma$ significance reach for the joint branching ratio of $BR(H\to\nu N_d)\cdot BR(N_d\to lW)$ is about 0.1\%, nearly independent of the heavy neutral lepton masses, while the $5\sigma$ discovery is possible at a branching ratio of $0.3\%$. Interpreting these results in terms of constraints on the mixing parameters $|\varepsilon_{id}|^2$ between SM neutrinos and the heavy neutral lepton, it is expected to have a factor of 10 improvement from current constraints.

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arXiv2022

Report of the Topical Group on Top quark physics and heavy flavor production for Snowmass 2021

This report summarizes the work of the Energy Frontier Topical Group on EW Physics: Heavy flavor and top quark physics (EF03) of the 2021 Community Summer Study (Snowmass). It aims to highlight the physics potential of top-quark studies and heavy-flavor production processes (bottom and charm) at the HL-LHC and possible future hadron and lepton colliders and running scenarios.

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arXiv2022

Report of the Topical Group on Electroweak Precision Physics and Constraining New Physics for Snowmass 2021

The precise measurement of physics observables and the test of their consistency within the standard model (SM) are an invaluable approach, complemented by direct searches for new particles, to determine the existence of physics beyond the standard model (BSM). Studies of massive electroweak gauge bosons (W and Z bosons) are a promising target for indirect BSM searches, since the interactions of photons and gluons are strongly constrained by the unbroken gauge symmetries. They can be divided into two categories: (a) Fermion scattering processes mediated by s- or t-channel W/Z bosons, also known as electroweak precision measurements; and (b) multi-boson processes, which include production of two or more vector bosons in fermion-antifermion annihilation, as well as vector boson scattering (VBS) processes. The latter categories can test modifications of gauge-boson self-interactions, and the sensitivity is typically improved with increased collision energy. This report evaluates the achievable precision of a range of future experiments, which depend on the statistics of the collected data sample, the experimental and theoretical systematic uncertainties, and their correlations. In addition it presents a combined interpretation of these results, together with similar studies in the Higgs and top sector, in the Standard Model effective field theory (SMEFT) framework. This framework provides a model-independent prescription to put generic constraints on new physics and to study and combine large sets of experimental observables, assuming that the new physics scales are significantly higher than the EW scale.

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arXiv2022

Global SMEFT Fits at Future Colliders

Based on the framework of Standard Model Effective Field Theory, we performed a few global fits, each containing a subset of dimension-6 operators, for the measurements that are expected at future colliders. The fit for the Higgs and electroweak sector improves what has been done for the European Strategy Update in 2020 on both EFT treatments and experimental inputs. A new comprehensive fit is performed focusing on 4-fermion interactions at future colliders. Top-quark sector is studied in a dedicated fit which restricts the operators and measurements to be directly related to top-quark. A small subset of CP-violating operators involving bosonic fields alone are also investigated. Various running scenarios for future e+e- and Muon Colliders that are suggested in the Snowmass 2021 discussion are considered in the global fits. The outcomes from each fit are expressed in terms of either direct constraint on Wilson Coefficients or precision on Higgs and electroweak effective couplings.

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arXiv2022

The International Linear Collider: Report to Snowmass 2021

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is on the table now as a new global energy-frontier accelerator laboratory taking data in the 2030s. The ILC addresses key questions for our current understanding of particle physics. It is based on a proven accelerator technology. Its experiments will challenge the Standard Model of particle physics and will provide a new window to look beyond it. This document brings the story of the ILC up to date, emphasizing its strong physics motivation, its readiness for construction, and the opportunity it presents to the US and the global particle physics community.

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arXiv2022

Measurement of $A_{LR}$ using radiative return at ILC 250

For the precision study at the ILC 250, measurement of $A_{LR}$ is important as it can constrain SMEFT parameters. The current best measured $A_{LR}$ value is $A_{LR} = 0.1514 \pm 0.0019\,(stat) \pm 0.0011\,(syst)$ which was measured at the SLC, and a more precise value is required for the global fit for the new physics search in TeV-scale. At the ILC, we can use the $e^+ e^- \to \gamma Z$ process to evaluate the $A_{LR}$. We performed a full simulation study of the $e^+ e^- \to \gamma Z$ process at the center-of-mass energy of 250 GeV and evaluated how much we can improve the precision of this observable. The statistical error on $A_{LR}$ at the ILC 250 turned out to be $1.8 \times 10^{-4}$. Major source of the systematic error was error from the beam polarization. As other sources of the systematic error, the uncorrelated parts of error on the product of luminosity and selection efficiency for each polarization combination contribute. Including those systematic errors, total absolute error on $A_{LR}$ was estimated to be 0.00025, 8.8 times better precision than that from the SLC (0.00219).

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arXiv2022

Strange quark as a probe for new physics in the Higgs sector

This paper describes a novel algorithm for tagging jets originating from the hadronisation of strange quarks (strange-tagging) with the future International Large Detector (ILD) at the International Linear Collider (ILC). It also presents the first application of such a strange-tagger to a Higgs to strange ($h \rightarrow s\bar{s}$) analysis with the $P(e^-,e^+) = (-80\%,+30\%)$ polarisation scenario, corresponding to 900 fb$^{-1}$ of the initial proposed 2000 fb$^{-1}$ of data which will be collected by ILD during its first 10 years of data taking at $\sqrt{s} = 250$ GeV. Upper limits on the Standard Model Higgs-strange coupling strength modifier, $\kappa_s$, are derived at the 95% confidence level to be 7.14. The paper includes as well a preliminary study of a Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) system capable of discriminating between kaons and pions at high momenta (up to 25 GeV), and thus enhancing strange-tagging performance at future Higgs factory detectors.

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arXiv2020

ILC Study Questions for Snowmass 2021

To aid contributions to the Snowmass 2021 US Community Study on physics at the International Linear Collider and other proposed $e^+e^-$ colliders, we present a list of study questions that could be the basis of useful Snowmass projects. We accompany this with links to references and resources on $e^+e^-$ physics, and a description of a new software framework that we are preparing for $e^+e^-$ studies at Snowmass.

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arXiv2020

Higgs, top and electro-weak precision measurements at future $e^+ e^-$ colliders; a combined effective field theory analysis with renormalization mixing

This paper presents a combined analysis of the potential of a future electron-positron collider to constrain the Higgs, top and electro-weak (EW) sectors of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). The leading contributions of operators involving top quarks arise mostly at one-loop suppressed order and can be captured by the renormalization group mixing with Higgs operators. We perform global fits with an extended basis of 29 parameters, including both Higgs and top operators, to the projections for the Higgs, top and electro-weak precision measurements at the International Linear Collider (ILC). The determination of the Higgs boson couplings in the 250 GeV stage of the ILC is initially severely degraded by the additional top-quark degrees of freedom, but can be nearly completely recovered by the inclusion of precise measurements of top-quark EW couplings at the LHC. The physical Higgs couplings are relatively robust, as the top mass is larger than the energy scale of EW processes. The effect of the top operators on the bounds on the Wilson coefficients is much more pronounced and may limit our ability to identify the source of deviations from the Standard Model. Robust global bounds on all Wilson coefficients are only obtained when the 500 GeV stage of the ILC is included.

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