Eur. Phys. J. C 21, 99-103 (2001)
DOI: 10.1007/s100520100719

High p_T Higgs signal for the LHC

V.A. Khoze¹, A.D. Martin¹ and M.G. Ryskin<sup>1, 2

1</sup>  Department of Physics and Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
²  Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St. Petersburg, 188300, Russia

(Received: 25 April 2001 / Published online: 29 June 2001 -© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica 2001)

Abstract
We show that the broad transverse momentum distribution of the Higgs boson produced by WW fusion can provide a viable way to identify decays at the LHC, if particular kinematical configurations with large rapidity gaps are selected. We estimate the event rate of the signal and of the QCD background. We also discuss Higgs boson detection via the and decay modes.

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