1999/05/31 by C. Balazs, C. Balázs, P. Nadolsky +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(00)00934-5
published as Phys.Lett.B489:157-162,2000 · 5 pages, 4 figures. A figure with discussion, and a reference added. Minor improvements of wording. Conclusion unchanged
arxiv created 2000/04/27 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The detection and the measurement of the production cross section of a light Higgs boson at the CERN Large Hadron Collider demand the accurate prediction of the background distributions of photon pairs. To improve this theoretical prediction, we present the soft-gluon resummed calculation of the p p → γγX cross section, including the exact one loop g g → γγg contribution. By incorporating the known fixed order results and the leading terms in the higher order corrections, the resummed cross section provides a reliable prediction for the inclusive diphoton invariant mass and transverse momentum distributions. Given our results, we propose the search for the Higgs boson in the inclusive diphoton mode with a cut on the transverse momentum of the photon pair, without the requirement of an additional tagged jet.