Higgs boson pair production process e+e− → ZHH in the littlest Higgs model at the ILC

Abstract

In this paper, we calculate the contribution of the littlest Higgs (LH) model to the process e+e− → ZHH at the future high energy e+e− collider (ILC). The results show that, within the parameter spaces preferred by the electroweak precision, the deviation of the total cross sections from its SM value varies from a few per cent to tens of per cent. The correction of the LH model to the process might be detected at the future ILC experiments in the favourable parameter space. On the other hand, we find that the correction of the LH model is sensitive to the trilinear Higgs coupling in some case and the process can also provide us a chance to probe such coupling in the LH model.