Published August 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Can an invisible Higgs boson be seen via diffraction at the LHC?

  • 1. Center for Cosmoparticle Physics ''Cosmion'' of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, 125047, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300, Gatchina, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)

Description

We study the possibility of observing an ''invisible'' Higgs boson in central exclusive diffractive production at the LHC. We evaluate the cross section using, as a simple example, the standard model with a heavy fourth generation, where the invisible decay mode H →ν4 anti ν4 dominates, with the heavy neutrino mass M(ν4) ≅50 GeV. We discuss the possible requirements on trigger conditions and the background processes. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01967-1

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 503-507
ISSN
1434-6044