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We present the potential for discovering the standard model Higgs boson produced via the vector-boson fusion mechanism. We considered the decay of Higgs bosons to the W+W- final state, with both W-bosons subsequently decaying leptonically. The main background is tt̄ produced in association with one or more jets. This study is based on a full simulation of the CMS detector. The result is that a signal of 5σ significance can be obtained with an integrated luminosity of 12–72 fb-1 for Higgs boson masses in the range 130<mH< 200 GeV. In addition, the major background can be measured directly to 7% from the data with an integrated luminosity of 30 fb-1. We also suggest a method to determine the Higgs mass using template transverse mass distributions.
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Yazgan, E., Damgov, J., Akchurin, N. et al. Search for a standard model Higgs boson in CMS via vector boson fusion in the H→WW→lνlν channel. Eur. Phys. J. C 53, 329–347 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0485-2
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