Detecting the Intermediate-Mass Neutral Higgs Boson at the LHC Through $pp \to W H$

Abstract

We examine the exclusive signature $pp \to WH \to \ell \nu\;b \bar b$ at the LHC. Although the backgrounds, principally arising from top production and $Wjj$, are quite severe, it is shown that judicious application of phase-space cuts and the use of $b$-tagging can in fact greatly enhance the detectability of this channel. (Presented at the Eighth Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-6, 1994.)