Searching for the Higgs Boson at Hadron Colliders using the Missing Mass Method

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to search for the Higgs boson at hadron colliders by detecting a peak in the missing mass spectrum, which could be feasible at the Tevatron with high resolution and sufficient data.

Contribution

It introduces a missing mass technique for Higgs detection in exclusive proton-antiproton collisions, highlighting its potential for high-resolution searches over a broad mass range.

Findings

High resolution (~250 MeV) in missing mass spectrum

Feasibility of Higgs search at Tevatron with 15 fb$^{-1}$

Applicable for Higgs masses from 100 to 200 GeV

Abstract

If the Higgs is produced with a large enough cross section in the {\em exclusive} reaction $p + \bar{p} \to p + H + \bar{p}$ it will give rise to a peak at $M_H$ in the {\em missing mass} ($MM$) spectrum, calculated from the 4-momenta of the beam particles and the outgoing $p$ and $\bar{p}$. The resolution in $MM$ can be approximately 250 MeV, independent of $M_H$ from 100 GeV to 200 GeV. This high resolution makes a search feasible over nearly this full mass range at the Tevatron with 15 fb$^{-1}$ as hoped for in Run II.