Regarding the coherence of a photon pair decaying from Higgs

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Are the photons coherent and what does this indicate?
Hi all. I have been reading the following article and have a couple of basic questions about the decay of the Higgs into photons process -
https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/lhc-part-4-searching-new-particles-decays/
As i understand this decay - the photons will have the same frequency and opposite coherent spin, is that correct? Is there entanglement? If so does this rule out intermediate particle creation and decay? Thanks, all.
 
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Thanks Vanadium 50. Any information will be helpful.

The question is not specific to the article, just that i began to wonder how the 'Higgs-into-photon pair' decay takes place in general (before tackling the article) - and to clarify whether such a decay is a direct decay to photons without intermediate particles - is entanglement evidence of no intermediate particles - can/has entanglement be tested? I hope the question actually makes sense, but if not I'm sure i will still be learning what i need to know.

At 125 Gev, I am also wondering - can the basic formula '1 electron-volt [eV] = 241799050402417 hertz [Hz]' be used to infer a frequency of about ~ 3.022 e+25 /2 Hz. for frequency of the photons (in the center of mass frame)?