title: Measuring the top Yukawa coupling to a heavy Higgs Boson at future e(+)e(-) linear colliders.
abstract: If the Higgs boson mass is greater than 350 GeV, the top quark Yukawa coupling can be determined using the Higgs resonant contribution to t&tmacr; production from W+W- fusion at high energy e(+)e(-) linear colliders. We have evaluated the significance with which the signal of a Higgs decaying to t&tmacr; pairs could be observed at future e(+)e(-) colliders, with center of mass energies of 800 GeV and 1 TeV, and an integrated luminosity of 1 ab(-1). We find that a signal significance greater than 5sigma and a relative error in the top Yukawa measurement better than 10% can be achieved at these facilities, for Higgs boson masses in the ranges of 350-500 GeV and 350-650 GeV, respectively.
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense 22, 28040-Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcaraz
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Morales