Ways to detect a light Higgs boson at the LHC

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作者
De Roeck, A [1 ]
Khoze, VA
Martin, AD
Orava, R
Ryskin, MG
机构
[1] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[2] Univ Durham, Inst Particle Phys Phenomenol, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[3] Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, St Petersburg 188300, Russia
[4] Univ Helsinki, Dept Phys Sci, Helsinki, Finland
[5] Helsinki Inst Phys, Helsinki, Finland
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C | 2002年 / 25卷 / 03期
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10.1007/s10052-002-1032-9
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
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) over bar as the signal. We make an extensive study of all possible b (b) over bar 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.
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