Improved transverse-mass variable for detecting Higgs-boson decays into Z pairs

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.295· OSTI ID:5923055

Barger, V; Han, T; Phillips, R J.N.

A promising decay mode for detecting heavy Higgs bosons at a supercollider is H..-->..ZZ ..-->..(l/sup +/l/sup -/)(..nu..nu-bar), with one Z detected by e/sup +/e/sup -/ or ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/ decay and the other decaying to undetected neutrinos. Such events peak versus the transverse mass of the detected Z. We show there is an even sharper peak versus the two-body transverse mass, incorporating the missing transverse momentum carried by the second Z boson.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
• OSTI ID: 5923055
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 36:1; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINEUTRINOS
ANTIPARTICLES
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
BRANCHING RATIO
DECAY
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
LEPTONS
LIE GROUPS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MASS FORMULAE
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MUONS
MUONS MINUS
MUONS PLUS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
POSITRONS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
STORAGE RINGS
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
TEV RANGE
TEV RANGE 10-100
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS