Resonance-continuum interference in the di-photon Higgs signal at the LHC
A low mass Standard Model Higgs boson should be visible at the Large Hadron Collider through its production via gluon-gluon fusion and its decay to two photons. We compute the interference of this resonant process, gg {yields} H {yields} {gamma}{gamma}, with the continuum QCD background, gg {yields} {gamma}{gamma} induced by quark loops. Helicity selection rules suppress the effect, which is dominantly due to the imaginary part of the two-loop gg {yields} {gamma}{gamma} scattering amplitude. The interference is destructive, but only of order 5% in the Standard Model, which is still below the 10-20% present accuracy of the total cross section prediction. We comment on the potential size of such effects in other Higgs models.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 812641
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9654; TRN: US0303455
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 25 Feb 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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