Higgs Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
Markus Schumacher , Bonn University
19th International Workshop on Weak Interactions and Neutrinos
WIN03
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Oct. 6th to 11th, 2003
• Discovery Potential in the SM
• Investigations of the Higgs Boson Profile
• Discovery Potential in the MSSM
• MSSM versus SM (a first look) ??
• Invisible Higgs
Markus Schumacher, Bonn University Higgs Physics at LHC WIN03 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin2
Production and Decay of the SM Higgs Boson at LHC
Having available four production mechanisms and observing several decay modes is the key for investigations of the Higgs boson profile
50 100 200 100010-3
10-2
10-1
100
bb cc tt gg WW ZZ
Bra
nching
ratio
(Higgs
)
mH (GeV)
bb WW
ZZ
tt
cc
gg
K>1.7
K~1.2
K~1.1
K~1.3
HDECAY: Djouadi, Spira et al.
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Discovery Potential 2001 + Main Channels
light Higgs boson M<2MZ:gluon fusion GF with: H , H ZZ 4l H WW ll
associated production: tth, Hbb
2001: 10fb-1 from both experiments for discovery of small mass Higgs
New: weak boson fusion WBF qqqqH with H and HWW
heavy Higgs boson M>2MZ
GF: HZZ4l,
WBF: qqqqH with
HZZll
HZZlljj
HWWljj
Require forward jet tagging
Status 2001
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Detectors optimised for low mass Higgs discovery
current LHC schedule: start 2007> 10 fb-1 / yr at low luminosity (few 1033cm-2s-1) runninglater 100 fb-1 /year at high luminosity (1034cm-2s-1) running
pixel vertex and strip track detectors b andtagging (H, bb)
homogenous calorimeters to large e/ measurement (Hgg, H4 leptons) forward jet tagging (VBF), missing energy (HHinvisible)
complex myon spectrometers momentum accuracy and efficient trigger (HZZ4 leptons, A/H)
uds = 0.005
key performance numbers obtained from full GEANT simulationmass resolutions, b+ tagging efficiencies and rejection factors
forward jet tagging, trigger efficiencies, PID,….
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Gluon Fusion: H and HZZ4 leptons
100 fb-1
MH=130GeV
Inclusive analysis: two high Pt
Even
ts /
GeV
M: ~1GeV
K=1.6
S/BG ~ 1/20NLO MC for signal + irreducible BG available (Binoth et al., Bern et al.):
Preliminary ATLAS study: S/B from 4 to ~6 for 30 fb-1,M= 120 GeV
Born
Cross sections under control (MH=120 GeV): =20 pb (LO), 38pb (NLO), 44pb (NNLO)(Ravindran et al., Harlander et al.)
4 high pt leptons narrow mass peak, very small background irreducible BG: ZZ reducible BG: tt, Zbbrejection via lepton isolation and b-veto
ATLAS: preliminary study with NLO-MC indicates
increase of significance by ~25%
HZZ4 leptons:
Irreducible BG dominant, estimate from sidebands
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ttH, Hbb
signal: bqq bl bb lepton for trigger
background processes: reducible tt+jets,W+jets (1/3)irreducible: ttbb (2/3 in ATLAS study)
L = 30 fb-1 k = 1.5
M ~ 15 GeV CMS: K=1.5 (signal, ttZbb): S/ B = 5.3 K=1 for all processes: S/ B = 3.8
For L = 30 fb-1 and MH = 115 GeVK=1.2 for QCD-Scale=(Mt+MH/2)
(Beenakker et al., Dawson et al.)
ATLAS: TDR: S/ B = 3.6 for MH=120 GeV, L = 30 fb-1, K=1
New analysis: S/ B = 2.8ttbb from AcerMC, new PDF, new QCD-scale
Selection: 4 b jets + 1 lepton full reconstruction of ttH final state
b-tagging and jet energy performance crucial !
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Forward tagging jets
Higgs Decay
Proposed by Rainwater, Zeppenfeld et al.Strong discovery potential for low MH
Allows to measure Higgs couplings Good for invisible decays
Weak Boson Fusion Channels
Two forward tagging jets
at large , large
+ little central detector activity
Jet
Jet
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High Lumi
Low Lumi
Central Forward
Channels considered:
all by ATLAS, red by CMS
HWWll and ljj
Hll lhad
H
Experimental Issues
pT>20GeV
Forward jet reconstruction jet-veto fake rate due to pile up
Careful investigation of jet tagging with full simulation
ATLAS ATLAS
Only low lumi running
investigated so far
Low Lumi
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MH=160 GeVWWe
Weak Boson Fusion: HWW
tt WWjj, W + 4 jets
Dominant backgrounds
ATLASCMS
Selection: tag jets with rapididty gap, central jet veto, b-jet veto, mjj, lepton angles (Spin 01), transverse mass (llET
miss)
significance > 5
for 10 fb-1 and
MH=135 to 190 GeV
(WWll and ljj, incl. BG = 10%)
Cross section: 500 to 2000 fb for MH = 120 to 190 GeV
10 fb-1
60 fb-1
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Evidence for Spin 0 in H->WW->ll mode
between leptons W from H opposite spins leptons same direction
+ add. BG normalisation
MT>175 GeVMT<175 GeV
Signal Region
Outside Signal Region
Weak Boson Fusion: HWW
mT(ll) with (left) and w/o (right) lepton cuts
background estimation at level of 10% from data + shape from MC
ATLAS
Transverse mass
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Weak Boson Fusion: H
Zjj, Wjj EW&QCD tt production
Dominant backgrounds:
Cross section: 300 to 64 fb for MH = 120 to 150 GeV
angle between tagging jets
Sensitive to CP structure of couplings
Plehn et al.
Selection: VBF cuts as for WW +
reconstruction of and M
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Mass can be reconstructed in collinear approximation
He30 fb-1
ATLAS
M = 11 to 12 GeV
Weak Boson Fusion: H
background estimate: ~10%
for MH>125 GeV from side bands
for MH>125 GeV from normalisation of Zpeak
significance > 5 for 30 fb-1 and
MH=110 to 140 GeV (e ll lhad)
30 fb-1
H Wjj
x=momentum fraction carried by tau decay products
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SM Higgs: Discovery potential incl. VBF
VBF channels largely increase discovery potential for low mass region
10fb-1 at one experiment sufficient for discovery
several channels observable over full mass range robust discovery and coupling dtermination
Future work on VBF channels:high lumi running performancemass measurementreinvestigate potential with
NLO-MC (not yet avaiable) improved matching ME to parton shower
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Higgs Boson Mass
1fb300L
ATLAS
M/M: 0.1% to 1%
Uncertainties considered:
“Indirect” from Likelihoodfit to transverse mass spectrum: HWWllWHWWWlll
Direct where Higgs mass can be reconstructed: HHbb HZZ4l
VBF with H or WW not studied yet !
No theoretical errors considered:Effect of PDF <<10 MeVLarge MH, shift in position due to interference of Higgs signal and non resonant background
i) statistical ii) absolute energy scale 0.1% (goal: 0.02%) for l, 1% for jets iii) 5% on BG and signal rates for HWW channels
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Spin and CP Quantum Numbers
- angle between decay planes in the rest frame of the Higgs boson
- angle between leptons and the momentum of the Z in the rest frame of the Z (Gottfried Jackson angle).
SN-ATLAS-2003-025
observation of Hor ggH rules out Spin=1 (Young theorem)
sensitivity through polarisation correlations of Higgs decay products one possibility HZZ4 leptons
Sensitive observables investigated:
Higgs rest frame
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Theoretical prediction
)cos()cos()( 21F ))(cos()(sin)( 22 1TLGTL
TLR
Spin and CP Quantum Numbers
Exp. Results after L=100fb-1
After background subtraction : for MH>250 GeV clear discrimination between Spin = 0 or 1 and CP even or odd
MH<250 GeV: only dicrimination between SM-Higgs and S=0, CP=-1
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Spin and CP Quantum Numbers
discrimination of CP via tth(A) production under study !
Discrimination dominated by (polarisqation) especially for larger masses
For MH>250 clear
discrimination between
Spin = 0 and 1
CP = even or odd
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Higgs Couplings to Bosons
Couplings to bosons W and ZCouplings to bosons W and Z
1) direct:
Z
W
GF
GF
ZZ)xBR(HWW)xBR(H
Z
W
ZGF
GF
ZZ)BR(H)BR(H
W =
2) indirect:
3) indirect:
Z
W
QCDGF
VBF CorrZZ*)→BR(HWW*)→BR(H
Assuming uncertainties of 20% gluon fusion, 5% VBF
Uncertainties on rates: statistics, 2% efficieny, 10% luminosity, 5% background
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Coupling to Fermions and tot
Assume: (Zeppenfeld et al.)
SU(2) relation for W/Z
b/ = 3c(mb/m)2
tot =(detectable)+(in SM mainly Hcc)indirect determinationof tot
t
W
Wg
WW
WW)→BR(HWW)→BR(H
GF
WH
Direct: VBF
W
W
WW
ττ)→BR(HWW)→BR(H
VBF
VBF
Indirect: e.g.
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Coupling Determination: New Study
Production Decay Mass range
Gluon fusion
HHZZ(*)4l HWW(*) l l
110 – 150 GeV 120 – 200 GeV 110 – 200 GeV
Vector Boson Fusion
HH HWW(*)l lHZZ4l
110 – 150 GeV 110 – 150 GeV 110 – 190 GeV 110 – 200 GeV
ttH
HHbbHWW(*)l l
110 – 120 GeV 110 – 140 GeV 120 – 200 GeV
WHHHWW(*
) l ll
110 – 120 GeV 150 – 190 GeV
ZH H 110 – 120 GeV
Analysis used in this study (ATLAS)
ttH with Halso avaiable, but not yet included
for VBF channels only int. luminosity of 30 fb-1 assumed
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Parameter Determination: 4 Scenarios
CP-even, Spin=0 (several mass degenerate states fine) measurement of rates
only one Higgs boson measurement of ratios of branching ratios = measurement of ratios of partial decay widths
only dominant SM couplings are present, no extra particles or strong couplings to light fermions measurement of ratios of couplings and lower limit on total width from visible decays
visible decays ~ visible decays in SM measurement of absolute couplings and
total decay width
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CP even Spin 0: Measurement of RatesSimultaneous global likelihood fit of signal rates xBR in all channels to number of selected events
Takes into account: cross talk between channels (e.g. GF events selected in VBF analysis) statistical fluctuations detector effects: uncertainties of lumi measurement ,
efficiencies for tau, b-, forward jet tagging, and electron reconstruction background estimates: sidebands + shape + theoretical prediction uncertainties to signal rate from PDFs and QCD corrections
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1 Higgs Boson: Ratio of Partial Widths
WWHZH,
WWHWH,
WWHttH,
WWHVBF,
WWHGF,
BR)(
BR)(
BR)(
BR)(
BR)(
W
b
WWW
Z
fit parameters:
All rates can be expressed by above parameters
H WW chosen as reference as best measured for MH>120 GeV
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Ratio of Couplings
H
2w
2W
2t
2W
2b
2W
2
2W
2Z g
gg
gg
gg
gg
fit parameters:
2ZZHZH
2WWHWH
2tttHttH
2ZZF
2wWFVBF
2tggHggH
g
g
g
gg
g
Fix scale as H not
measurable
Production cross sections
7%
15%
4%
20%
WH
ttH
ZFWF
ggH
from theory with assumed uncertainty
b loop neglected for now in ggH
assumptions: only SM particles couple to Higgs boson no large couplings of light fermions
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2W
2W
2Z
2W
2W
2t
ggH
ZZHggH,
g
g
gg
g
g
BR)(
H
2b
b
H
2
H
t(t)W(W)
H
2Z
Z
H
2W
W
g bb)BR(H
g )BR(H
gg )BR(H
g ZZ)BR(H
g WW)BR(H
2
Branching ratios
Rate as function of xi, e.g.
=1%
Ratio of Couplings
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Top Quark Yukawa Coupling: effect of b-loop
Effect of b loop: ~5% in SM
For MH<150 GeV b-coupling determined from ttH,Hbb
For larger MH, b coupling only via GF effects top coupling determination
1) Limit b coupling to less that 10 (50) x SM value
2) No b-loop determination only via ttH, HWW
+ t b
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Total Decay Width H
for MH200 GeV, tot>1GeV direct measurement from mass peak in ZZ4 leptonsBelow 200 GeV: indirect split
g
H
2w
g 2W into and
lower limit on H
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Absolute Coupling Measurement + H
detect.)BR(H
detect.)BR(H
SMSM
detect.)BR(HSMSM 1
Assume: sum of visible BRs have SM value
ZZ, WW
ZZ, WW bb
detectable
only detectable
SMSM
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MSSM: Heavy Higgs Bosons H,A,H+-
Neutral: H and A
•Main discovery decay modes: H/A and H/A enhanced with tan
•Production: direct gg->H/A and associated ggbbH/A
MA>300, tan>10: >90% from ass.
H+-and H+-tb for MH>Mt
Charged: H+-
Decay modes:
Production:1) MH<Mt: top pair production with decay tb H+-
2) gbt H+- gg(qq)tb H+- qqH+-
2 to 2 2 to 3
Transistion region around mt
not studied yet (now in HERWIG)
M. Guchait a. S. Moretti, T.Plehn
NLO-MC needed for more sophisticated studies!
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H/A and
good mass resolution ~1% might allow
to disentangle A,H for specific scenarios (e.g. intense coupling scenario)
determine total width of A which may be a few to 10 GeV
require two and 1 or 2 b-tagged jets
M(GEV)
CMS:20fb-1
tan=30M=130 GeV
H/A
CMS 30fb-1
Low mass <~ 400: lep. lep. lep. had.
Large mass >~400: had. had.
larger rate, trigger on hard tau jets
Eff.(LV1TR)= 80% =95% offline selected events
Tau ID: Eff(tau)=55% Rejection(QCD)=2500
Tau ID and missing E resolution crucial
H/A
ATLAS 30fb-1
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Discovery Potential for H and A
CMS L=100 fb-1
e.g. A,H
4 leptons + Emiss
00
isolation + Z veto SM BGveto nr. and energies of jets,limit on EmissSUSY-BG
discovery potential depends on SUSY parameters: BR, M signal and BG
intermediate tanregion not coverable by SM decay modes
consider SUSY decays of H/A or H/A in SUSY decay decades
(proposed e.g. by Djouadi et al.)
signal
BG: SM+SUSY
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Higgs Decays to Gauginos
ATLAS:Scan in mSUGRAM1/2= 100 to 300 GeVM = 50,100,150,200 GeVSign()=+
CMS:
Specific set
M1=60 GeV
M2=120/180 GeV
M=-500GeV
Ml=250GeV
Mq,g=1TeV
300 fb-1
5 contours
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Masses and tan from neutral Higgs bosons
Error on masses
m/m = 0.1 to few %
Error on tan
tan/tan
= 15 to 5 %
from rates of H/A
VBF h/Hnot studied yet ATLAS TDR
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MH<mt: tt, tbH+- ,H+-
Leptonic channel (ATLAS and CMS):
tH+b; H+; hadr. + t bW bl
Look for an excess of leptons over SM predictions
BR (H±) 100 % for mH<mtop
Hadronic channel (ATLAS):
tH+b; H+; hadr. + tbWbqq
Transverse mass ( jet, Emiss) can be used
for mass measurement in likelihood fit:
Mgen=127.0 GeV Mrec=128.4±1.0 (stat) GeV
but error dominated by systematics (~4 GeV)energy scale, background shape,....
t
ATLAS 10 fb-1
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reconstruct had. top decay and taujetuse spin corr. in decay
(spin 1 versus spin 0)
->
L
,a1
TL ,a1L
tt background
Signal
MH>mt: gbtH+- H+-and H+-tb
H+; hadr. t bW bqq
large background (tt+jets)
reconstruct tops and Higgs MH
H+tb t bW blqq
CMS L= 30 fb-1
CMS L= 30 fb-1
determine MT(jet, ETmiss)
P/E(-jet)
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M2 = 210 GeV, = 135 GeV,Msleptons = 110 GeV,Msquark, gluino = 1TeV
CMS: gbtH+, H 2,30 1,2
3l+ETmiss
Discovery Potential for Charged Higgs Boson
Hadronic channel analysis closes „hole“ at tan~7Further studies
(proposed by Moretti et al)
1) correct handle of
2 to 3 process transition
2) ggtbHtbtbblbqq for high mass region
3) investigate decay modes in SUSY particles
ATLAS, 30fb-1
(1) (3)
(2)
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ATLAS study
tb
From transverse mass in H case.From invariant mass in Htb case.Precision dominated by statistics. Systematics: bg rate and shape,
energy scale.
xBR ~ tan2 for large tan
Precision limited by uncertainties in luminosity and systematics.
Masses and tan from charged Higgs bosons
tan/tanM/M
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Updated MSSM Scan (ATLAS)
Influence mainly phenomenology of light Higgs boson h
1) MHMAX scenario (MSUSY=1 TeV ) maximal theoretically allowed region for mh
2) Nomixing scenario (now MSUSY= 2 TeV, 1TeV almost excluded by LEP )
small mh difficult for LHC
3) Gluophobic scenario (MSUSY=350GeV)
coupling to gluons suppressed (cancellation of top + stop loops)
small rate for gluon gluon H, Hand Z4 leptons
4) Small scenario (MSUSY = 800 GeV) coupling to b (and ) suppressed (cancellation of sbottom, gluino loops) for large tanb and MA 100 to 500 GeV
New calculations for masses and branching ratios (Feynhiggs1.3, Heinemeyer et al., HDECAY3.0, Spira et al.)
New channels added, in particular VBF channels
New benchmark scenarios considered (proposed by Carena et al.)
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VBF, HiggsNo Lose in MSSM
ATLAS: MHMAX scenario
Parton level study by Plehn, Rainwater, Zeppenfeld
Maximal Mixing Scenario ,MSUSY=1TeV
(for Mh/H>100 GeV)
No lose in MSSM with 40 fb-1
ATLAS: (for Mh/H>110 GeV)
h, H
MHMAX Scenario, MSUSY=1TeV
Area not excluded by LEP covered with 30 fb-1
Other benchmark scenarios not yet checked
h
H
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Mass of the light Higgs boson h
130GeV<Mh
120<Mh<130GeV
110<Mh<120GeV
100<Mh<110GeV
90<Mh<100GeV
Mh<90GeV
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Light Higgs boson h: 30 fb -1
bbh
VBF, h
VBF,h+WW
tthbb
WWhlbb
VBF,hWW
VBF channels
cover large part of
MSSM plane
combined
Excluded by LEP
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Light Higgs boson h: 10 fb -1
5 discovery
3observation
5 discovery
3observation
Almost no individual channel observable
need combination of all channels
Excluded by LEP
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Light Higgs boson h: 300 fb-1
All three
only B
A and B
A and C
For high lumi.: A: h B: tthbb C: hZZ4l contribute
Excluded by LEP
bbh
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h: Number of observable final states
1 channel
2 channels
3 channels
4 channels
5 channels
several channels
observable
allows parameter determination
300 fb-1
Excluded by LEP
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How many can be seen: h,H,A,H+- ?
MHMAX scenario 300 fb-1
1 boson
2 bosons
3 bosons
All 4 bosons
h only
h,H,A,H+-
h,H,A
No holes !
Complete plane covered
h,H,A
(also in other 3 benchmark scenarios)
Excluded by LEP
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Only h seen: is it the SM or the MSSM ?
BR(h) BR(hWW)
R =
From VBF (30fb-1)
=(RMSSM-RSM)exp
> 2 >1
First preliminary look
532
>1 Higgs boson
only h
> 1 Higgs boson
MHMAX scenario, 300fb-1
Only statistical error
Excluded by LEP
Future work: apply coupling measurement study to MSSM
How far SM vs MSSM discrimination in „wegde area“ ?
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Invisible Decays of the Higgs
VBF most promising process !!
Trigger on forward jets + missing ET
CMS fine ! (eff.>95%)
ATLAS: cal. trigger only up to 3.2 so far
studies in progress ! going to 4.9 increase
significance by factor 2.5
Selection:
1) VBF cuts: forward jet tagging central jet-veto, Mjj
2) lepton veto, ptmiss
3) jj <1
Background estimate from qqZ(W) with Zll (Wlto level of 3%
Jet
Jet
ATLAS
MH=130GeV
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Sensitivity to Invisible Decays of Higgs
ATLAS: preliminary investigations of tthblnbqq inv. + Zhll inv
Sensitivity lower by 1/3 to 1/6ATLAS
Difference due to survival probability of jet veto
CMS: parametrisations by Zeppenfeld et al.
ATLAS: cuts on PYTHIA MC
Both include 3% uncertainty on background estimation
w/o syst uncertainty sensitivity increased by factor 2
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Conclusions and Outlook
Very good SM and MSSM discovery potential in first years increased significantly by VBF channels light Higgs boson can be observed in several channels
Progress on coupling measurement also driven by VBF channels might be useful for discrimination between SM and MSSM
Sensitivity of LHC for invisible Higgs decays shown
Continue and reinvestigate channel studies with full simulation, NLO calculations, high luminosity scenario (e.g. potential of VBF, mass measurements) need NLC MC (e.e. bbA/H), matching ME to parton shower
Consider new Higgs scenarios MSSM with CP violation, NMSSM, Little Higgs (work started)
Improve and use coupling measurement to discriminate SM Higgs sector from ist extensions