Diffractive Higgs boson photoproduction in peripheral collisions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel diffractive Higgs boson production process in peripheral proton-proton collisions via photon-proton interactions and estimates its event rate at Tevatron and LHC energies, aligning with existing predictions.

Contribution

It introduces an alternative diffractive Higgs production mechanism using Double Pomeron Exchange in peripheral collisions, providing new theoretical estimates.

Findings

Estimated event rate of about 1 fb at LHC energies.

Results are consistent with predictions from other diffractive models.

Confronts findings with Durham group's similar approach.

Abstract

An alternative process is proposed for the diffractive Higgs boson production in peripheral $pp$ collisions, exploring it through the photon-proton interaction by Double Pomeron Exchange. It is estimated the event rate of the diffractive Higgs production in central rapidity for Tevatron and LHC energies, being of the order of 1 fb, in agreement to the predictions from other diffractive processes. The results are confronted with those obtained from a similar approach of the Durham group.