Searching for a light Higgs scalar boson in the next generation of electron-positron colliders at LEP

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Hadronic J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00668715· OSTI ID:6692066

Chukwumah, G C

The e/sup +/ e/sup -/-collider facilities at LEP II, with the c.m. energy ..sqrt..s-bar in the range 100--170 GeV, may be able to detect ''light'' Higgs bosons, assuming a high luminosity. In this paper, we have calculated production cross sections of a light Higgs boson H/sup 0/ in association with the neutral gauge boson Z/sup 0/, for varying ranges of the c.m. energy expected to be available to LEP II and VLEEP (Novosibirsk) and for various values of the light Higgs mass. It is found out that production cross sections are sizable in comparison with those for the very massive Higgs bosons in p-barp and pp supercolliders: the Tevatron, Spp-barS, and SSC. The implications of this result are pointed out. Further, prospects for light Higgs production in association with the charged gauge boson W/sup -/ in ultraenergetic neutrino beams are examined.

• Research Organization: International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
• OSTI ID: 6692066
• Journal Information: Hadronic J.; (United States), Journal Name: Hadronic J.; (United States) Vol. 9:4; ISSN HAJOD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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645203 -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical-- Weak Interactions & Properties
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINEUTRINO-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS
ANTINEUTRINOS
ANTIPARTICLES
BOSONS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRON ANTINEUTRINOS
ELECTRON NEUTRINOS
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
LEP STORAGE RINGS
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NEUTRINO-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROPAGATOR
STORAGE RINGS
W MINUS BOSONS
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS