Eur. Phys. J. C 19, 477-483
DOI: 10.1007/s100520100637
Double-diffractive processes in high-resolution missing-mass experiments at the Tevatron
V.A. Khoze1, A.D. Martin1 and M.G. Ryskin1, 21 Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
2 Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St. Petersburg, 188300, Russia
(Received: 1 December 2000 / Revised version: 23 February 2001 / Published online: 23 March 2001 -© Springer-Verlag 2001)
Abstract
We evaluate, in a model-independent way, the signal-to-background ratio for
Higgs
detection in exclusive double-diffractive events at the Tevatron
and the LHC. For the missing-mass approach to be able to identify the Higgs boson, it will be
necessary to use a central jet detector and to tag b quark jets. The signal is predicted to be
very small at the Tevatron, but observable at the LHC. However we note that the
background, that is double-diffractive dijet production, may serve as a unique gluon
factory.
We also give estimates for the double-diffractive production of
and
mesons
at the Tevatron. We emphasize that a high-resolution missing-mass measurement, on its own,
is insufficient to identify rare processes.
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