Higgs decay planes

Analysis of angular relation between decay products of a Higgs boson (H → VV, H → tt, H → 𝜏𝜏). Inspired by the graph in this review of the Standard Model Higgs boson. For more related figures, please see the “decay” tag, or the Particle Physics category.

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (June, 2017)
% model diagram: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0503172
% boson/wiggle/snake: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68890/how-can-i-draw-snake-arrow-in-automata-using-tikz
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing} % for snake
%\usetikzlibrary{quotes,angles,positioning} % labeling points
%\usetikzlibrary{angles,quotes} % for pic (angle labels)
%\usetikzlibrary{calc}
%\tikzset{ % for carc in pic
%  pics/carc/.style args={#1:#2:#3}{
%    code={
%      \draw[pic actions] (#1:#3) arc(#1:#2:#3);
%}}}
% split figures into pages
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{1pt}%
\begin{document}
%                         PA________________PB
%  QA________________QB  _|                  |
%   \       F3         \/ |            F1    |
%    \        \         \ |           /      |
%     \      ( \         \|          / )     |
%      \--------<---------o--------->--------+
%       \        \        |\       /         |
%        \        \       | \     /          |
%         \        F4     |  \    F2         |
%          QD_____________|_QC               |
%                         PD________________PC
%
 
 
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