Spin-Spin Asymmetries in Large Transverse Momentum Higgs Boson Production

Abstract

We examine the spin-dependence of standard model Higgs boson production at large transverse momentum via the processes $gg\to g{H}^0$, $qg\to q{H}^0$, and $q\overline{q}\to g{H}^0$. The partonic level spin-spin asymmetries (${\hat{a}}_{LL}$) for these processes are large at SSC/LHC energies.

Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures (not included), LaTeX; PSU/TH/113, MAD/PH/709