Higgs boson at LHC: a diffractive opportunity

Journal Article · Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3122174· OSTI ID:21293437

Ducati, M B. Gay; Silveira, G G ^[1]

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1. High Energy Physics Phenomenology Group, UFRGS, Caixa Postal 15051, CEP 91501-970-Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)

An alternative process is presented for diffractive Higgs boson production in peripheral pp collisions, where the particles interact through the Double Pomeron Exchange. The event rate is computed as a central-rapidity distribution for Tevatron and LHC energies leading to a result around 0.6 pb, higher than the predictions from previous approaches. Therefore, this result arises as an enhanced signal for the detection of the Higgs boson in hadron colliders. The predictions for the Higgs boson photoproduction are compared to the ones obtained from a similar approach proposed by the Durham group, enabling an analysis of the future developments of its application to pp and AA collisions.

• OSTI ID: 21293437
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1105, Issue 1; Conference: DIFFRACTION 2008: International workshop on diffraction in high energy physics, La Londe-les-Maures (France), 9-14 Sep 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3122174; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CERN LHC
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DIFFRACTION MODELS
EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS
FERMILAB TEVATRON
HADRONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HIGGS BOSONS
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PHOTOPRODUCTION
POLARIZATION
POMERANCHUK PARTICLES
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS