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Prospects of Searches for the Higgs Boson at the LHC

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One of the most exciting prospects for the Large Hadron Collider is to observe the Higgs boson. The most important experimental characteristics of the two general-purpose detectors, the CMS and ATLAS experiments are summarised. The sensitivity for the CMS and ATLAS experiments at the LHC to discover a Standard Model Higgs boson with relatively low integrated luminosity per experiment is outlined. The most relevant discovery modes are covered. A brief discussion about the expected performance from these experiments in searches for one or more of the Higgs bosons from the minimal version of the supersymmetric theories is also included.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Wisconsin — Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA

    Bruce Mellado

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  1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Haringhata, P.O. Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, 741246, India

    Amitava Datta

  2. RECAPP, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad, 211019, India

    Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya

  3. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad, 211019, India

    Amitava Raychaudhuri (Director) (Director)

  4. Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India

    Alok K. Gupta (Vice-President (Publication) & M. Vijayan (President) (Vice-President (Publication) &  (President)

  5. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. U.P., India

    C. L. Khetrapal

  6. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    T. Padmanabhan

  7. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, U.P., India

    Amitava Raychaudhuri

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Mellado, B. (2009). Prospects of Searches for the Higgs Boson at the LHC. In: Datta, A., et al. Physics at the Large Hadron Collider. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-8489-295-6_6

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