Higgs boson production at a photon linear collider

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.4018· OSTI ID:5917375

Borden, D L; Bauer, D A; Caldwell, D O ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)

The collision of high-energy, high-intensity photon beams would provide novel opportunities for particle physics. These beams could be obtained at a linear [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] collider via Compton backscattering using high-powered lasers. The resulting photon linear collider offers highly polarized beams, large luminosities, and a variable luminosity spectrum. We examine the potential of such a machine to explore the Higgs sector of the standard model. We find a photon linear collider with [radical][ital s] [approx]250 GeV to be an excellent tool to search for an intermediate-mass Higgs boson, with the polarized photon beams being a particular asset, as they can be used to suppress backgrounds while enhancing the signal. In searching for intermediate-mass standard model Higgs bosons, a signal in excess of 10[sigma] over the entire intermediate mass region is possible with even moderate luminosity. Even more important is the application of a photon linear collider to measurement of the two-photon width of the Higgs boson, a measurement which gives crucial information about the nature of spontaneous symmetry breaking. We calculate that a photon linear collider with energy tuned to the Higgs boson mass allows a measurement of the two-photon width of the Higgs boson with a statistical precision of better than 10% over most of the intermediate- and heavy-mass range.

• DOE Contract Number: FG03-91ER40618
• OSTI ID: 5917375
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 48:9; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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