Axion-Like Particles and the Higgs Decays h→PZ and h→Pe~+e~-

Axion-like particles(ALPs)are often defined as relatively light pseudoscalar particles and appear in many extensions of the Standard Model.Taking into account constraints on the free parameters from existing searches and explaining the g-2 deviation,we consider the contributions of ALPs with mass in the range of 1.5GeV<ma<mh-mZto the exclusive Higgs decays h→PZ and h→Pe~+e~-with P being the pseudoscalar mesonsπ~0,η,η’,ηcandηbin a model-independent approach.We find that,in most of the parameter space range,the contributions of ALP to these decay-processes are ver.y small,while in the case of the ALP mass ma approximatel.y equaling the meson mass mP,the contributions are significantly large.