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We summarize the possible processes which may be used to search for a Higgs boson, of mass in the range 114-130 GeV, at the LHC. We discuss, in detail, two processes with rapidity gaps: exclusive Higgs production with tagged outgoing protons and production by Weak Boson Fusion, in each case taking \(H\to b \bar b\) as the signal. We make an extensive study of all possible \(b \bar b\) backgrounds, and discuss the relevant experimental issues. We emphasize the special features of these signals, and of their background processes, and show that they could play an important role in identifying a light Higgs boson at the LHC.
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Received: 5 July 2002 / Published online: 30 August 2002
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De Roeck, A., Khoze, V., Martin, A. et al. Ways to detect a light Higgs boson at the LHC. Eur. Phys. J. C 25, 391–403 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10052-002-1032-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10052-002-1032-9