Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-09-13
Phys.Lett. B495 (2000) 147-154
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
13 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01213-2
Given its weak coupling to bottom quarks and tau leptons, the Higgs boson may predominantly decay into invisible particles like gravitinos, neutralinos, or gravitons. We consider the manifestation of such an invisibly decaying Higgs boson in weak boson fusion at the CERN LHC. Distinctive kinematic distributions of the two quark jets of the signal as compared to Zjj and Wjj backgrounds allow to restrict the Higgs branching ratio to 'invisible' final states to some 13% with 10fb^{-1} of data, provided events with two energetic forward jets of high dijet invariant mass and with substantial missing transverse momentum can be triggered efficiently. It is also possible to discover these particles with masses up to 480 GeV in weak boson fusion, at the 5 sigma level, provided their invisible branching ratio is close to 100%.
Eboli Oscar J. P.
Zeppenfeld Dieter
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