Discovering the Higgs Boson in New Physics Events using Jet Substructure

Kribs, Graham D.; Martin, Adam; Roy, Tuhin S.; Spannowsky, Michael

doi:10.1103/physrevd.81.111501

Discovering the Higgs Boson in New Physics Events using Jet Substructure

Kribs, Graham D.; Martin, Adam; Roy, Tuhin S.; Spannowsky, Michael

Authors

Graham D. Kribs

Adam Martin

Tuhin S. Roy

Professor Michael Spannowsky michael.spannowsky@durham.ac.uk
Director

Abstract

We demonstrate that the Higgs boson can be discovered at the large hadron collider in new physics events using boosted kinematics, b-tagging and jet substructure. This method superbly identifies the lightest Higgs boson in the minimal supersymmetric standard model. Two case studies are considered where Higgs is produced in association with superpartners that decay to a light gravitino, however generalizations to other spectra and models is anticipated. In some circumstances, discovery of the lightest Higgs is possible before conventional search strategies uncover convincing evidence.

Citation

Kribs, G. D., Martin, A., Roy, T. S., & Spannowsky, M. (2010). Discovering the Higgs Boson in New Physics Events using Jet Substructure. Physical Review D, 81(11), Article 111501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.81.111501

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jun 9, 2010
Deposit Date	Jan 25, 2012
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Print ISSN	1550-7998
Electronic ISSN	1550-2368
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	81
Issue	11
Article Number	111501
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.81.111501