2002/08/07 by Sally Dawson, Duane Dicus, Chung Kao · 22 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Boson #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Higgs boson #Large Hadron Collider #Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model #Muon #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Pseudoscalar #Quark #Scalar (mathematics) #Supersymmetry #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(02)02580-7
published in Physics Letters B 545(1-2), 132-138 (Elsevier BV) · 12 pages, REVTeX, 4 Figures
arxiv created 2002/08/07 · openalex publication_date 2002/10/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The prospects for the discovery of neutral Higgs bosons (phi0 = H0, h0, A0) produced with bottom quarks via Higgs decays into muon pairs (pp --> b b-bar phi0 --> b b-bar mu mu-bar +X) at the CERN LHC are investigated in the minimal supersymmetric model. The complete physics background from the production of b b-bar mu mu-bar, b b-bar W+ W- (including t t-bar) and jj mu mu-bar, j = g, u, d, s, c in the Standard Model is calculated with realistic acceptance cuts. This discovery mode has a simple production mechanism from gg --> b b-bar phi0 with its cross section proportional to 1/cos2(beta) and could provide an opportunity to measure tan(beta) and the b b-bar phi0 couplings. In addition, we compare the associated discovery mode above with the inclusive discovery channel pp --> phi0 --> mu mu-bar +X. Promising results are found for the CP-odd pseudoscalar (A0) and the heavier CP-even scalar (H0) Higgs bosons for tan(beta) equivalent to v2/v1 >~ 14 and mA,mH <~ 325 GeV.