# Search for a light standard model Higgs boson in the ${\rm H \rightarrow \rm W \rm W^{({*})}\rightarrow e^+ \nu e^- \bar{\nu}}$ channel

Abstract : A prospective analysis for the discovery of a light standard model Higgs boson in the CMS experiment at the large hadron collider is presented. The analysis focuses on the inclusive single production p + p → H + X and the Higgs boson decay channel \rm H \rightarrow W W^{{(*)}} \rightarrow e^+ \nu e^- \bar{\nu} , for a Higgs boson mass MH in the range 120 < MH < 160GeV/c2. A full simulation of the detector response is performed and detailed electron, jet and missing transverse energy reconstruction algorithms are used. Emphasis is put on a realistic treatment of background contamination and systematics. A Higgs boson of mass MH ≳ 134GeV/c2 would be observed with a significance above three standard deviations in the \rm e^+ \nu e^- \bar{\nu} channel alone for an integrated LHC luminosity above 30 fb-1.
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Submitted on : Thursday, September 6, 2007 - 11:29:35 AM
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### Citation

F. Beaudette, C. Charlot, E. Delmeire, I. Puljak, C. Rovelli, et al.. Search for a light standard model Higgs boson in the ${\rm H \rightarrow \rm W \rm W^{({*})}\rightarrow e^+ \nu e^- \bar{\nu}}$ channel. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, IOP Publishing, 2007, 34, pp.N297-N313. ⟨10.1088/0954-3899/34/9/N01⟩. ⟨in2p3-00170084⟩

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