1307.0544 (Sylvain Fichet)
Sylvain Fichet
We present a technique to consistently determine the scale of New Physics (NP) compatible with any set of data. Our approach relies on the statistical view of the effective field theory capturing New Physics at low energy. The NP is required to be testable in order to ensure integrability of the posterior distribution, which is a necessary condition for having a well defined inference process. We apply our method to the Standard Model Higgs sector in light of recent LHC data, considering two generic scenarios. In the scenario of democratic higher dimensional operators generated at one-loop, we find the testable NP scale to lie within $[10,260]$ TeV at 95% Bayesian credibility level. In the scenario of loop-suppressed field strength-Higgs operators, the testable NP scale is within $[28,1200]$ TeV at 95% Bayesian credibility level. More specific UV models are necessary to allow lower values of the NP scale.
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