Published October 2003 | Version v1
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Probing the Higgs self-coupling at hadron colliders using rare decays

  • 1. State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)

Description

We investigate Higgs boson pair production at hadron colliders for Higgs boson masses mH ≤140 GeV and rare decay of one of the two Higgs bosons. While in the Standard Model the number of events is quite low at the LHC, a first, albeit not very precise, measurement of the Higgs self-coupling is possible in the gg→HH→ b anti bγγ channel. A luminosity-upgraded LHC could improve this measurement considerably. A 200 TeV VLHC could make a measurement of the Higgs self-coupling competitive with a next-generation linear collider. In the MSSM we find a significant region with observable Higgs pair production in the small tan β regime, where resonant production of two light Higgs bosons might be the only hint at the LHC of an MSSM Higgs sector. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from TIB Hannover: RA 2999(03-103)

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Imprint Pagination
24 p.
ISSN
0418-9833
Report number
DESY--03-103

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