Rapidity gap signals in Higgs-boson production at the SSC

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.5162· OSTI ID:5584561

Fletcher, R S ^[1]; Stelzer, T ^[2]

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1. Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 (United States)
2. Physics Department University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53589 (United States)

We examine the structure of the underlying event in neutral Higgs boson production at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). Gaps, regions of rapidity containing no soft particle production, can provide a clean signature for [ital W] boson fusion to the heavy Higgs boson. We first examine the physical basis of gap production and estimate the survival probability of gaps in the minijet model. Then, using PYTHIA and HERWIG, we compare gap events to [ital W] pair production from top quark decay and [ital q] [bar q] fusion. We find that, if experimental problems can be overcome, gaps should provide a small, but clean, signal for heavy Higgs boson production at the SSC.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER00881
• OSTI ID: 5584561
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 48:11; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUARKONIUM
QUARKS
STORAGE RINGS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
TOP PARTICLES
W MINUS BOSONS
W PLUS BOSONS