Detecting and Studying Higgs Bosons at a Photon-Photon Collider

Abstract

We examine the potential for detecting and studying Higgs bosons at a photon-photon collider facility associated with a future linear collider. Our study incorporates realistic $\text{gam}\text{gam}$ luminosity spectra based on the most probable available laser technology. Results include detector simulations. We study the cases of: a) a SM-like Higgs boson; b) the heavy MSSM Higgs bosons; c) a Higgs boson with no $WW/ZZ$ couplings from a general two Higgs doublet model.

Comments: 52 pages, 26 figures, revised version with new appendix