Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1993-01-20
Phys.Rev. D48 (1993) 89-95
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
18 pages (in RevTeX) plus Postscript figures (available by email or FAX), NUHEP-TH-92-29 and DOE-309-CPP-47. (Revised version:
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.48.89
We consider the possibility of detecting a heavy Higgs boson ($m_H>2m_Z$) in proposed $\gamma\gamma$ colliders through the semi-leptonic mode $\gamma\gamma \rightarrow H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow q\bar q \ell^+\ell^-$. We show that due to the non-monochromatic nature of the photon beams produced by the laser-backscattering method, the resultant cross section for Higgs production is much smaller than the on-resonance cross section and generally {\it decreases} with increasing collider energy. Although continuum $ZZ$ production is expected to be negligible, we demonstrate the presence of and calculate sizeable backgrounds from $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \ell^+\ell^-Z,\,q\bar qZ$, with $Z\rightarrow q\bar q,\,\ell^+\ell^-$, respectively, and $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow t\bar t\rightarrow b\bar b\ell^+\ell^-\nu\bar\nu$. This channel may be used to detect a Higgs of mass $m_H$ up to around 350~GeV at a 0.5~TeV $e^+e^-$ collider, assuming a nominal yearly luminosity of 10--20~fb$^{-1}$.
Bowser-Chao David
Cheung Kingman
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