Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-08-22
Eur.Phys.J.C53:231-256,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
51 pages, 14 figures. Minor changes, version to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0449-6
We show that the use of forward proton detectors at the LHC installed at 220 m and 420 m distance around ATLAS and / or CMS can provide important information on the Higgs sector of the MSSM. We analyse central exclusive production of the neutral CP-even Higgs bosons h and H and their decays into bottom quarks, tau leptons and W bosons in different MSSM benchmark scenarios. Using plausible estimates for the achievable experimental efficiencies and the relevant background processes, we find that the prospective sensitivity of the diffractive Higgs production will allow to probe interesting regions of the M_A--tan_beta parameter plane of the MSSM. Central exclusive production of the CP-even Higgs bosons of the MSSM may provide a unique opportunity to access the bottom Yukawa couplings of the Higgs bosons up to masses of M_H \lsim 250 GeV. We also discuss the prospects for identifying the CP-odd Higgs boson, A, in diffractive processes at the LHC.
Heinemeyer Sven
Khoze Valery A.
Ryskin M. G.
Stirling James W.
Tasevsky Marek
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