Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the SSC and LHC
Abstract
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In this talk we survey the SSC and LHC signals and backgrounds for the physics of electroweak symmetry breaking. We study the process $pp \rightarrow WWX$ and compute the rate for the ``gold-plated'' signals $W^\pm \rightarrow \ell^\pm ν$ and $Z \rightarrow \ell^+\ell^-$ $(\ell = e,μ)$ for a wide variety of models. We use a forward jet tag and central jet veto to suppress the standard-model backgrounds. In this way we estimate the SSC and LHC sensitivities to the physics of electroweak symmetry breaking.
JHU-TIPAC-920029, Presented at the 1992 Meeting of the DPF, Fermilab
JHU-TIPAC-920029, Presented at the 1992 Meeting of the DPF, Fermilab