Can an invisible Higgs boson be seen via diffraction at the LHC?
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We study the possibility of observing an `invisible' Higgs boson in central exclusive diffractive production at the LHC. We evaluate the cross section using, as a simple example, the Standard Model with a heavy fourth generation, where the invisible decay mode dominates, with the heavy neutrino mass GeV. We discuss the possible requirements on trigger conditions and the background processes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0406037,
title = {Can an invisible Higgs boson be seen via diffraction at the LHC?},
author = {K. Belotsky and V. A. Khoze and A. D. Martin and M. G. Ryskin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0406037},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages, 1 figure