QCD Radiation Effects on the H->WW->l nu l nu Signal at Hadron Colliders
Abstract
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The discovery of a Standard Model Higgs boson is possible when experimental cuts are applied which increase the ratio of signal and background cross-sections. We present a study of the pp->H->WW signal cross-section at hadron colliders which requires a selection of Higgs bosons with small transverse momentum. We compare predictions for the efficiency of the experimental cuts from a NNLO QCD calculation and the event generator MC@NLO and are able to predict a reliable number for the cross-section after the aplpication of such experimental cuts.
Parallel talk at ICHEP08, Philadelphia, USA, July 2008. 4 pages, 6 figures
Parallel talk at ICHEP08, Philadelphia, USA, July 2008. 4 pages, 6 figures