arXiv:hep-ph/9701419·v2·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
The rapidity gap Higgs signal at LHC
V. A. Khoze🇬🇧 · A. D. Martin🇬🇧 · M. G. Ryskin (Centre for Particle Theory, Univ. of Durham)🇬🇧
Abstract
We compare the WW and pomeron-pomeron fusion mechanisms for the double-diffractive production of a Higgs boson. We determine the suppression of the 'rapidity gap' pomeron-pomeron fusion events due to QCD radiative effects. In particular we use leading log techniques to estimate the cross sections for both exclusive and inclusive double-diffractive Higgs production at LHC energies. The same approach can be applied to the double-diffractive central production of large E_T dijets. These two processes provide one of the most justified applications of various aspects of leading logarithm QCD techniques.
Comments: LaTeX, 10 pages, 2 PostScript figures, version to be published in Phys.Lett. which includes revised estimates of Higgs production via pomeron-pomeron fusion