Published February 1997
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Journal article
Searching for invisibly decaying Higgs bosons at CERN LEP II
- 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, 76128 Karlsruhe (Germany)
- 2. Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
- 3. Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Departmento de Fisica Teorica, Universitat de Valencia 46100 Burjassot, Valencia (Spain)
Description
We study the potential of CERN LEP II to unravel the existence of invisibly decaying Higgs bosons, predicted in a wide class of models. We perform a model-independent analysis, focusing our attention on the final state topologies exhibiting b bar b or scr(l)+scr(l)- (scr(l)=μ or e) pairs and missing energy. We carefully evaluate the signals and backgrounds, choosing appropriate cuts to enhance the discovery limits. Our results demonstrate that LEP II is capable of discovering such a Higgs boson for a wide range of masses and couplings. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 55
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1316-1325.
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28038920
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOTTOMONIUM; CERN; COUPLING; HIGGS BOSONS; LEPTONS; MISSING MASS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; STANDARD MODEL; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MESONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARKONIUM; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS