GLAS-PPE/2005-02

Signal spot and mass window cut for the low mass SM Higgs

A. Cheplakov (1), R. StDenis (1), A. S. Thompson (1)

(1) University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland

An attempt to improve signal significance for the Standard Model low mass Higgs boson produced in WH channel in ATLAS experiment is described in the Note. The most significant background processes, WZ, W+jets and $\ttbar$, are considered. The approach exploits the condition for the minimal angular separation in two-particle decays.

The analysis was not aimed to get the final number of the Higgs over the background, but to examine some new kinematical cuts and check the potential improvements.

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