Diffractive Higgs boson photoproduction in proton-proton collisions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel diffractive approach to Higgs boson production in proton-proton collisions via Double Pomeron Exchange, predicting a small but competitive cross section with implications for experimental detection.

Contribution

It presents a new theoretical model for Higgs production through DPE in DVCS, offering predictions that refine previous estimates and include a more precise gap survival probability.

Findings

Predicted cross section around 0.1 fb for peripheral collisions

Results are comparable to gamma-gamma subprocess predictions

Provides a more precise estimate of gap survival probability

Abstract

We propose a new approach for the Higgs boson production by Double Pomeron Exchange (DPE) in the Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering, where a color dipole interacts diffractively with the proton by DPE. Applying it to Peripheral Collisions, we predict a cross section around 0.1 fb, which is similar to that obtained from the $\gamma\gamma$ subprocess. Although this result is lower than the prediction from the KMR approach, our results are competitive with the $\gamma\gamma$ and Pomeron-Pomeron subprocesses with a more precise proposal for the Gap Survival Probability.