2008/09/30 by M. B. Gay Ducati, G. G. Da Silveira, G. G. Silveira
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.78.113005
published as Phys.Rev.D78:113005,2008 · 12 pages, 12 figures, corrected typos and grammar
arxiv created 2008/12/05 · openalex publication_date 2008/12/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We explore an alternative process for diffractive Higgs boson production in peripheral pp collisions arising from double Pomeron exchange in photon-proton interaction. We introduce the impact factor formalism in order to enable the gluon ladder exchange in the photon-proton subprocess, and to permit central Higgs production. The event rate for diffractive Higgs production in central rapidity is estimated to be about 0.6 pb at Tevatron and LHC energies. This result is higher than predictions from other approaches of diffractive Higgs production, showing that the alternative production process leads to an enhanced signal for the detection of the Higgs boson at hadron colliders. Our results are compared with those obtained from a similar approach proposed by the Durham Group. In this way, we may examine future developments in its application to pp and AA collisions.