Testing the Higgs Boson Coupling to Gluons

Abstract

We study the possibility to separate in gluon fusion loop-induced Higgs boson production from point-like production. The Higgs boson is reconstructed in the Hgg final state at very large transverse momentum. Using the Higgs boson yields (normalized to the overall rate) and the shape of the Higgs boson pt distribution the two hypotheses can be separated with 2 standard deviations with an integrated luminosity of about 500 fb^-1. The largest experimental uncertainty affecting this estimate is the background event yield. The theoretical uncertainties from missing top mass effects are large, but can be decreased with dedicated calculations.