Published February 2006 | Version v1
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Detecting the standard model Higgs boson in the WW decay channel using forward proton tagging at the LHC

Creators

  • 1. University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester (United Kingdom)
  • 2. CERN, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 3. University of Durham, Department of Physics and Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Universite Catholique de Louvain, UCL-FYNU Departement de Physique, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
  • 5. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina (Russian Federation)
  • 6. University of Antwerp, Physics Department, Antwerp (Belgium)

Description

We present a detailed study of the central exclusive production of the standard model Higgs boson in the WW decay channel at the LHC. We include estimates of the experimental acceptance, including that of the proposed proton tagging detectors at 220 m and 420 m around either ATLAS and/or CMS, and the level 1 trigger acceptances. We give first estimates of the photon-photon and glue-glue background processes in the semi-leptonic and fully leptonic decay channels. We find that there will be a detectable signal for Higgs masses between 140 GeV and 200 GeV, and that the backgrounds should be controllable. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02447-x

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1140/epjc/s2005-02447-x;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 401-407
ISSN
1434-6044

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
37026466
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN LHC; EFFECTIVE MASS; EXCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRONS; HIGGS BOSONS; JET MODEL; LEPTONIC DECAY; LEPTONS; MASS SPECTRA; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; PROTONS; STANDARD MODEL; TEV RANGE 10-100; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM; W MINUS BOSONS; W PLUS BOSONS; WEAK HADRONIC DECAY
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTRA; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TEV RANGE; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WEAK INTERACTIONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY