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Measurement of Higgs boson branching fractions

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OSTI ID:10127423
We describe methods one can employ at a {radical}s = 500 GeV e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} linear collider to measure the branching fractions of a Higgs boson. These methods select one Higgs decay mode above all others with high purity, leaving measureable Standard Model backgrounds as the only source of contamination. Integrated luminosities of 50fb{sup {minus}1} are required to obtain statistical errors of 10--20% on the branching fractions to b{bar b}, {tau}{sup +}{tau}{sup {minus}}, and WW(*). For an intermediate mass Higgs this is sufficient to distinguish the MSSM from the Standard Model Higgs over most of the Supersymmetric parameter space.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
10127423
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB--6036; CONF-921252--1; ON: DE93007739
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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