E. Boos et al., HIGGS AND BACKGROUND PRODUCTION IN THE REACTION E(-)-]B(B)OVER-BAR PLUS 2 JETS AT LEPII AND NLC ENERGIES() E(), Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 67(4), 1995, pp. 613-620
A complete tree-level Standard Model calculation of the reaction e(+)e
(-) --> b ($) over bar b + 2 jets in the energy range of LEPII and the
Next e(+)e(-) Linear Collider is presented. The 2-jet system represen
ts either a q ($) over bar q pair or two gluons. The matrix elements w
ere calculated by means of the package CompHEP, and phase space integr
ation and event generation were carried out with the computer programs
BASES/SPRING. Cross sections of the Higgs boson, the total background
and important subsets of background are studied as functions of the c
.m.s. energy and the Higgs mass, taking into account possible interfer
ences. Various event distributions calculated for realistic integrated
luminosities indicate encouraging prospects regarding the extraction
of the Higgs signal.