Searches for Low Mass Higgs Boson at the Tevatron
We present the result of the searches for a low mass Standard Model Higgs boson performed at the Tevatron p{bar p} collider ({radical}s = 1.96 TeV) by the CDF and D0 experiments with an integrated luminosity of up to 8.5 fb{sup -1}. Individual searches are discussed and classified according to their sensitivity. Primary channels rely on the associate production with a vector boson (WH or ZH) and the H {yields} b{bar b} decay channel (favored for M{sub H} {approx}< 135 GeV/c{sup 2}). Event selection is based on the leptonic decay of the vector boson and the identification of b-hadron enriched jets. Each individual channel is sensitive, for M{sub H} = 115 GeV/c{sup 2}, to less than 5 times the SM expected cross section and the most sensitive channels can exclude a production cross section of 2.3 x {sigma}{sub H}{sup SM}. Secondary channels rely on a variety of final states. Although they are from 2 to 5 times less sensitive than any primary channel, they contribute to the Tevatron combination and, in some cases, they pose strong constrains on exotic Higgs boson models.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1034447
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-12-024-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1201.6001; TRN: US1200828
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Prepared for Hadron Collider Physics Symposium 2011 (HCP 2011), Paris, France, 14-18 Nov 2011
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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