Global Constraints on Anomalous Triple Gauge Couplings in the Effective Field Theory Approach

Phys Rev Lett. 2016 Jan 8;116(1):011801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.011801. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Abstract

We present a combined analysis of LHC Higgs data (signal strengths) together with LEP-2 WW production measurements. To characterize possible deviations from the standard model (SM) predictions, we employ the framework of an effective field theory (EFT) where the SM is extended by higher-dimensional operators suppressed by the mass scale of new physics Λ. The analysis is performed consistently at the order Λ(-2) in the EFT expansion keeping all the relevant operators. While the two data sets suffer from flat directions, together they impose stringent model-independent constraints on the anomalous triple gauge couplings.