Discovering a Light Higgs Boson with Light

Abstract

We evaluate the prospects for detecting a non-standard light Higgs boson with a significant branching ratio to two photons, in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. We derive the reach for several channels: $2\gamma$ inclusive, $2\gamma +1$ jet and $2\gamma +2$ jets. We present the expected Run II limits on the branching ratio of $h\to \gamma \gamma$ as a function of the Higgs mass, for the case of ``bosonic'', as well as ``topcolor'' Higgs bosons.

Comments: 11 pages, LaTeX, 7 figures, 4 tables, uses aipproc2.sty, contributed to the Physics at Run II Workshop, analysis redone with optimized cuts and improved background estimate, references added