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Standard Model Higgs Physics at a 4 TeV Upgraded Tevatron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We compute an array of Standard Model Higgs boson (\hsm\hsm) signals and backgrounds for a possible upgrade of the Tevatron to Ecm=4\tevE_{\rm cm}=4\tev. Taking \mt140\gev\mt\geq 140\gev, and assuming a total accumulated luminosity of L=30\fbiL=30\fbi, we find that a Standard Model Higgs boson with \mhsm\lsim110\gev\mhsm\lsim 110\gev could almost certainly be detected using the \wpm\hsm\rtalνb\antib\wpm\hsm\rta l\nu b\anti b mode. A Higgs boson with mass between 120\gev\sim 120\gev and 140\gev\sim 140\gev or above 230250\gev\sim 230-250\gev almost certainly would not be seen. A Higgs boson with \mhsm150\gev\mhsm\sim 150\gev or 200\lsim\mhsm\lsim230250\gev200\lsim\mhsm\lsim 230-250\gev has a decent chance of being detected in the ZZ\rta4lZZ\rta 4l mode. There would also be some possibility of discovering the \hsm\hsm in the WW\rtalνjjWW\rta l\nu jj mode for 150\lsim\mhsm\lsim200\gev150\lsim\mhsm\lsim 200\gev. Finally, hints of an event excess in the WW\rtallννWW\rta ll \nu\nu mode due to the \hsm\hsm might emerge for 140\lsim\mhsm\lsim180\gev140\lsim\mhsm\lsim 180\gev. Given the difficult nature of the Higgs boson signals for \mhsm\mhsm values beyond the reach of LEP-200, and the discontinuous \mhsm\mhsm range that could potentially be probed, justification of an upgrade of the Tevatron to 4\tev4\tev on the basis of its potential for Standard Model Higgs boson discovery would seem inappropriate.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9404244,
  title  = {Standard Model Higgs Physics at a 4 TeV Upgraded Tevatron},
  author = {J. F. Gunion and T. Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9404244},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

21 pages; requires phyzzx.tex and tables.tex; full postscript file including embedded figures available via anonymous ftp at ucdhep.ucdavis.edu as [anonymous.gunion]4tev.ps, preprint UCD-94-10

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