Prospects of discovering the Higgs boson at the Tevatron

Authors
Citation
P. Agrawal, Prospects of discovering the Higgs boson at the Tevatron, MOD PHY L A, 16(14), 2001, pp. 897-905
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
02177323 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
14
Year of publication
2001
Pages
897 - 905
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(20010510)16:14<897:PODTHB>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We carry out an event generator based study to evaluate the usefulness of t he exclusive signature "e(+/-)(mu (+/-)) + 2 bottom jets" in discovering th e Higgs boson at the Tevatron. Using an event generator, we show that with enough luminosity, one should be able to detect the Higgs boson up to the m ass of about 130 GeV. We consider a slightly modified version of the above signature that includes one extra jet. This new signature is more useful be cause it increases the number of signal events significantly.