Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions

We analyze the production and detection of the Higgs boson in the next generation of linear [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] colliders operating in the [ital e][gamma] mode. In particular, we study the production mechanism [ital e]+[gamma][r arrow][ital e][gamma][gamma][r arrow][ital e]+[ital H], wher...

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Autores: Éboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto), González García, Ma. Concepción, Novaes, S. F.
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Fecha de publicación:1994
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
Fenomenologia (Física)
Optica
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Collisions (Nuclear physics)
Phenomenological theory (Physics)
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spelling Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisionsÉboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto)González García, Ma. ConcepciónNovaes, S. F.Partícules (Física nuclear)Col·lisions (Física nuclear)Fenomenologia (Física)OpticaParticles (Nuclear physics)Collisions (Nuclear physics)Phenomenological theory (Physics)We analyze the production and detection of the Higgs boson in the next generation of linear [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] colliders operating in the [ital e][gamma] mode. In particular, we study the production mechanism [ital e]+[gamma][r arrow][ital e][gamma][gamma][r arrow][ital e]+[ital H], where one photon is generated via the laser backscattering mechanism, while the other is radiated via the usual bremsstrahlung process. We show that this is the most important mechanism for Higgs boson production in a 500 GeV [ital e][gamma] collider for [ital M][sub [ital H]][approx gt]140 GeV. We also study the signals and backgrounds for detection of the Higgs boson in the different decay channels [ital b[bar b]], [ital W][sup +][ital W[minus]], and [ital ZZ], and suggest kinematical cuts to improve the signature of an intermediate-mass Higgs boson.The American Physical Society1994info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/12492Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.49.91Physical Review D, 1994, vol. 49, núm 1, p. 91-95http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.49.91(c) The American Physical Society, 1994info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/124922026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
title Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
spellingShingle Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
Éboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto)
Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
Fenomenologia (Física)
Optica
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Collisions (Nuclear physics)
Phenomenological theory (Physics)
title_short Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
title_full Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
title_fullStr Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
title_full_unstemmed Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
title_sort Identifying the Higgs boson in electron-photon collisions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Éboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto)
González García, Ma. Concepción
Novaes, S. F.
author Éboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto)
author_facet Éboli, O. J. P. (Oscar José Pinto)
González García, Ma. Concepción
Novaes, S. F.
author_role author
author2 González García, Ma. Concepción
Novaes, S. F.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
Fenomenologia (Física)
Optica
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Collisions (Nuclear physics)
Phenomenological theory (Physics)
topic Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
Fenomenologia (Física)
Optica
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Collisions (Nuclear physics)
Phenomenological theory (Physics)
description We analyze the production and detection of the Higgs boson in the next generation of linear [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] colliders operating in the [ital e][gamma] mode. In particular, we study the production mechanism [ital e]+[gamma][r arrow][ital e][gamma][gamma][r arrow][ital e]+[ital H], where one photon is generated via the laser backscattering mechanism, while the other is radiated via the usual bremsstrahlung process. We show that this is the most important mechanism for Higgs boson production in a 500 GeV [ital e][gamma] collider for [ital M][sub [ital H]][approx gt]140 GeV. We also study the signals and backgrounds for detection of the Higgs boson in the different decay channels [ital b[bar b]], [ital W][sup +][ital W[minus]], and [ital ZZ], and suggest kinematical cuts to improve the signature of an intermediate-mass Higgs boson.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.49.91
Physical Review D, 1994, vol. 49, núm 1, p. 91-95
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.49.91
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