Search for $H \rightarrow WW^\ast$ at CDF

ORAL

Abstract

We present a search for single Higgs production with decay to two W bosons using about $1~{\rm fb^{-1}}$ of CDF Run II data. For Higgs masses greater than about $140~{\rm GeV}/c^2$ the branching ratio to W pairs starts to dominate over that to $b\bar{b}$. We require that both W bosons decay leptonically, and use kinematic variables that discrimate between $H \rightarrow WW^\ast$ and the main background processes in the Neural Network to set cross-section limits on $\sigma (gg \rightarrow H) \times BR(H \rightarrow WW^\ast$ as function of Higgs masses between 110 and 200 GeV/$c^2$.

Authors

  • Aidan Robson

    Glasgow

  • Dean Hidas

    Duke

  • Toby Davies

    Glasgow

  • Doug Benjamin

    Duke

  • Peter Bussey

    Glasgow

  • Mark Kruse

    Duke

  • Richard St. Denis

    Glasgow

  • A.S. Thompson