Study of the feasibility of identifying the process H0 → gg via g → bb̅ at the Large Hadron Collider

ORAL

Abstract

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is embarked on a 20-year study of the Higgs boson (denoted H0), discovered in 2012 and the primogenitor of mass in the universe. The Higgs boson is also known to have complex interactions leading to the production of particles without mass. By one such interaction the Higgs boson produces two photons, the process which helped us to discover the Higgs boson. The Standard Model predicts the Higgs boson will also decay to a pair of gluons, represented by H0 → gg, with a large branching fraction (about 8%). However, H0 → gg is unlikely to be directly observable at the LHC. We explore some basic ideas about this process that might allow for LHC experiments to study this process, especially during the high-luminosity phase of the LHC.

Presenters

  • Rebecca Moore

    Southern Methodist University

Authors

  • Rebecca Moore

    Southern Methodist University

  • Stephen J. Sekula

    Southern Methodist University