Searches for the Higgs boson at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews the search strategies for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the LHC, focusing on detection prospects with ATLAS and CMS in various decay channels and the expected discovery potential and exclusion limits.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the Higgs search strategies, combining the capabilities of ATLAS and CMS, and discusses expected results and limits based on collected luminosity.

Findings

Analysis of Higgs detection prospects in multiple decay channels

Projected exclusion limits on Higgs production rates

Combined discovery potential of ATLAS and CMS

Abstract

The search strategy for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is reviewed, with a particular emphasis on its potential observation by the ATLAS and CMS detectors in the $\gamma\gamma$, $\tau^+\tau^-$, $ZZ^{*}$ and $WW^{*}$ final states. The combined Higgs discovery potential of ATLAS and CMS is discussed, as well as the expected exclusion limits on the production rate times the branching ratio as a function of the Higgs mass and the collected luminosity.