The Standard Model Intermediate Mass Higgs Boson

Abstract

We consider the phenomenology of the Standard Model intermediate mass Higgs boson, $71GeV<M_h<2M_W$. The motivation for a Higgs boson in this mass region is emphasized. The branching ratios for the Higgs boson, including electroweak and QCD radiative corrections, are presented, along with production cross sections for $e^{+}{e}^{-},{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-},\gamma \gamma$, and hadronic interactions. Search strategies are surveyed briefly.

Comments: 36 pages, uses LATEX, sprocl.sty, epsfig. 14 figures. To be published in Perspectives in Higgs Physics, ed. G. Kane, World Scientific