Stringent bounds on HWW and HZZ anomalous couplings with quantum tomography at the LHC

Abstract

Abstract Quantum tomography provides the full reconstruction of the density matrix of a state. We use it to study the Higgs boson decay into weak gauge bosons. Anomalous couplings beyond the Standard Model can be constrained by means of observables easily defined in terms of the polarization density matrix. We describe a strategy based on three observables that together provide the most stringent limits. Two of these observables are linked to the entanglement between the polarizations of the two gauge bosons, the other is based on CP-odd combinations of one momentum and two polarizations. We find for the Z channel that this strategy offers, already with the available LHC data, limits competitive with the best available bounds. We argue that the inclusion of these observables in routine experimental analyses can lead to more stringent global fit limits.