Method for identifying H{yields}{tau}{tau}{yields}e{sup {+-}}{mu}{sup {+-}}pe{sub T} at the CERN LHC
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
Weak boson fusion promises to be a copious source of intermediate mass Higgs bosons at the CERN LHC. The additional very energetic forward jets in these events provide for powerful background suppression tools. We analyze the subsequent H{yields}{tau}{tau}{yields}e{sup {+-}}{mu}{sup {+-}}pe{sub T} decay for Higgs boson masses in the 100-150 GeV range. A parton level analysis of the dominant backgrounds demonstrates that this channel allows the observation of H{yields}{tau}{tau} in a low-background environment, yielding a significant Higgs boson signal with an integrated luminosity of order 60 fb{sup -1} or less, over most of the mass range. We also restate a no-lose theorem for observation of at least one of the CP-even neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM, which requires an integrated luminosity of only 40 fb{sup -1}. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.
- OSTI ID:
- 20216158
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 61, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2000; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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