Search for Light Higgs Boson at LHC via Production Through Weak Boson Fusion

Abstract

The LHC potential for observing a light Higgs boson produced through Weak Boson Fusion mode, $\mathrm{qq}\to \mathrm{qqH}$, is presented. For non-hadronic decays modes of the Higgs boson the process is identified with a final state containing two energetic forward-backward jets, separated with a large rapidity and a hadronically quiet central region. The use of these properties, combined with special features of some of the decay modes enhances the potential of an early discovery of a light Higgs boson both in the Standard Model and beyond. The recent studies done in the context of CMS experiment are discussed.

4 pages, 6 figures, Presented at Les XXXVIII Recontres de Moriond,QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions}, Les Arcs,Savoie, France, 22-29 March 2003