Detecting the Intermediate-Mass Neutral Higgs Boson at the LHC Through $pp\to WH$

Abstract

We examine the exclusive signature $pp\to WH\to \ell \nu b\bar{b}$ at the LHC. Although the backgrounds, principally arising from top production and $Wjj$, are quite severe, it is shown that judicious application of phase-space cuts and the use of $b$-tagging can in fact greatly enhance the detectability of this channel. (Presented at the Eighth Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-6, 1994.)

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