Ways to detect a light Higgs boson at the LHC

De Roeck, A.; Khoze, V.A.; Martin, A.D.; Orava, R.; Ryskin, M.G.

Abstract

We summarize the possible processes which may be used to search for a Higgs boson, of mass in the range 114–130 GeV, at the LHC. We discuss, in detail, two processes with rapidity gaps: exclusive Higgs production with tagged outgoing protons and production by Weak Boson Fusion, in each case taking H → b¯b as the signal. We make an extensive study of all possible b¯b backgrounds, and discuss the relevant experimental issues. We emphasize the special features of these signals, and of their background processes, and show that they could play an important role in identifying a light Higgs boson at the LHC.

Citation

De Roeck, A., Khoze, V., Martin, A., Orava, R., & Ryskin, M. (2002). Ways to detect a light Higgs boson at the LHC. The European Physical Journal C, 25(3), 391-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10052-002-1032-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2002-10
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: May 12, 2008
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 391-403
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10052-002-1032-9
• Keywords: Physics event generation, Soft color interactions, Gamma-gamma collisions, Rapidity gaps, Fermilab tevatron, Parton distributions, Discovery mode, Final-states, Scattering, Collider.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1591660