arXiv:hep-ph/0602247·v2·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
On the role of hard rescattering in exclusive diffractive Higgs production
V.A. Khoze🇬🇧 · A.D. Martin🇬🇧 · M.G. Ryskin🇬🇧
Abstract
We discuss the contribution of so-called semi-enhanced hard rescattering corrections to central exclusive diffractive Higgs production, pp -> p+H+p, at the LHC. We present arguments to show that these corrections are small. We confirm these expectations by considering HERA data for leading neutron production.
Comments: 12 pages, 2 figures 2 references added, typo corrected, version to be published in JHEP