Status of Higgs Boson Searches at the Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reviews the progress of Higgs boson searches at the Tevatron, highlighting new mass exclusions and setting the stage for future research at the LHC.

Contribution

It provides the first Tevatron exclusion of a Standard Model Higgs mass range (160-170 GeV) beyond LEP limits and discusses experimental constraints and interpretations.

Findings

Tevatron excludes Higgs mass 160-170 GeV at 95% CL.

Constraints set on Higgs couplings and masses in Standard Model and extended models.

Experimental sensitivities estimated for the completion of Tevatron program.

Abstract

Over the last years the Tevatron Run-II has extended several limits on Higgs boson masses and coupling which were pioneered during the LEP accelerator operation between 1989 and 2000. Higgs boson searches will also be at the forefront of research at the LHC. This review concisely discusses the experimental constraints set by the CDF and D0 collaborations in winter 2008/2009 at the beginning of the LHC era. Model-independent and model-dependent limits on Higgs boson masses and couplings have been set and interpretations are discussed both in the Standard Model and in extended models. Recently, for the first time the Tevatron excludes a SM Higgs boson mass range (160-170 GeV) beyond the LEP limit at 95% CL. The experimental sensitivities are estimated for the completion of the Tevatron programme.