Published January 2008 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Search for a standard model Higgs boson in CMS via vector boson fusion in the H→WW→lνlν channel

Creators

  • 1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois (United States)
  • 2. Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)
  • 3. Bulgaria Academy of Science, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • 4. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (United States)
  • 5. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (United States)
  • 6. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (United States)

Description

We present the potential for discovering the standard model Higgs boson produced via the vector-boson fusion mechanism. We considered the decay of Higgs bosons to the W+W- final state, with both W-bosons subsequently decaying leptonically. The main background is tt produced in association with one or more jets. This study is based on a full simulation of the CMS detector. The result is that a signal of 5σ significance can be obtained with an integrated luminosity of 12-72 fb-1 for Higgs boson masses in the range 130<mH<200 GeV. In addition, the major background can be measured directly to 7% from the data with an integrated luminosity of 30 fb-1. We also suggest a method to determine the Higgs mass using template transverse mass distributions. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0485-2

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0485-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 329-347
ISSN
1434-6044

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
39023934
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR CORRELATION; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CERN LHC; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRON DETECTION; ELECTRON SPECTRA; ELECTRONS; HIGGS BOSONS; JET MODEL; LEPTONIC DECAY; MASS RESOLUTION; MASS SPECTRA; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; MUON DETECTION; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; REST MASS; STANDARD MODEL; T QUARKS; TEV RANGE 10-100; THEORETICAL DATA; TRANSVERSE ENERGY; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM; TRIGGER CIRCUITS; W MINUS BOSONS; W PLUS BOSONS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CORRELATIONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DATA; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; KINETIC ENERGY; LEPTONS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PULSE CIRCUITS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARKS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; RESOLUTION; SIMULATION; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TEV RANGE; TOP PARTICLES; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WEAK INTERACTIONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY