Z production via Vector Boson Fusion at LHC

TL;DR

This paper investigates Z boson production through Vector Boson Fusion at the LHC to establish a reference process for Higgs searches, analyzing signal-to-background ratios at 10 TeV.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of Z production via VBF at the LHC as a reference for Higgs boson detection, focusing on background estimation and signal isolation.

Findings

Estimated signal to background ratio for Z VBF production.

Identified dominant background sources.

Assessed feasibility of using Z VBF as a reference process.

Abstract

The production of Z bosons via Vector Boson Fusion at the LHC collider at 10 TeV centre-of-mass energy has been studied. The aim is to investigate the possibility to isolate a known Standard Model process to be used as reference for the measurement of the detector performance for the search of the Higgs Boson produced via Vector Boson Fusion. The signal to background ratio has been estimated considering only the dominant sources of background.