Central exclusive quark-antiquark dijet and Standard Model Higgs boson production in proton-(anti)proton collisions

Nov, 2010
40 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 83 (2011) 114034
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We consider the central exclusive production of qqˉq\bar{q} pairs and Higgs boson at proton-proton collisions at LHC. The amplitude for the process is derived within the kk_{\perp}-factorization approach and considered in different kinematical asymptotics, in particular, in the important high quark transverse momenta and massless quark limits. Quark helicity and spin-projection amplitudes in two different frames are shown in extenso. Rapidity distributions, quark jet pp_{\perp} distributions, invariant qqˉq\bar{q} mass distributions, angular azimuthal correlations between outgoing protons and jets are presented. Irreducible bbˉb{\bar b} background to the central exclusive Higgs boson production is analyzed in detail, in particular how to impose cut to maximize signal-to-background ratio.
  • 14.65.Dw
  • 13.87.Ce
  • Higgs particle: exclusive production
  • quark: helicity
  • jet: pair production
  • angular correlation
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • numerical calculations
  • p p: inelastic scattering
  • quark: pair production