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Searching for the Origin of Mass IIT 31 October 2002

Searching for the Origin of Mass IIT 31 October 2002. Mark Oreglia The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago. Outline: The Standard Model; Higgs Boson ElectroWeak Corrections: a Signal! Higgs Production Hints of a Direct Signal Future Prospects.

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Searching for the Origin of Mass IIT 31 October 2002

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  1. Searching for the Origin of MassIIT 31 October 2002 Mark OregliaThe Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago Outline: The Standard Model; Higgs Boson ElectroWeak Corrections: a Signal! Higgs Production Hints of a Direct Signal Future Prospects M. Oreglia

  2. One of IIT’s illustrious faculty feels the Higgs boson is so important it deserves the moniker “God particle”. That’s because the Higg’s particle is a manifestation of a field which could explain the mechanism by which all particles get mass. It is not yet clear that the Higgs boson exists. M. Oreglia

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  4. Explaining the Standard Model (thanks to Claus Grupen!) M. Oreglia

  5. Electro-Weak Physics • We had a great theory : QED … now add W,Z • WW cross section alone shows the need for W, Z: M. Oreglia

  6. The Standard Model • It was so simple before 1968: • QED: massive fermions • massless photon; no because it violates Gauge invariance … • …which we like because it gives rise naturally to conserved charges • Attempt to unify QED w/ Weak Force: • additional bosons known to exist • but can’t just add boson mass terms • The trick of Weinberg and Salam: • add scalar field f • Two cases: • m2 > 0 : not interesting • m2 < 0 remarkable! M. Oreglia

  7. Symmetry Breaking • For m2<0, min V at = v • Expanding f about this minimum gives rise to new structure: • bosons: 1 massless neutral (g) 1 massive neutral (Z0) 2 massive charged (W) • and a left-over scalar: H • boson masses show the sym. breaking! • Lagrangian now has mass terms: • M2W = ¼ g2v2 • M2Z = ¼ (g2+g’2) v2 • Mg= 0 • M2H = 2 v2l • … and v = 246 GeV • Fermion masses liv (Yukawa couplings) • H-fermion coupling v-1mf h • Higgs field is a mass generator! M. Oreglia

  8. Philip Anderson We really should credit this Condensed Matter physicist with the discovery of the basic SSB mechanism. From his Princeton Research Description: • “On occasional forays outside CMT I worked on pulsar glitches with David Pines and invented the "Higgs" boson in 1962. “ … but he has often been an outspoken opponent of HEP programs M. Oreglia

  9. The Wonderful Higg’s Properties • H field couples to mass • creates a mechanism for generating masses in the theory • H boson cancels divergences • SM without Higgs boson has WW scattering cross section violating unitarity • Unifies EM and weak forces • Things are even better in a theory having 2 Higgs fields ( and with SUSY!) … MSSM • with SUSY, get exact cancellations without fine tuning problem • family of 5 Higgs particles or more • The MSSM model, e.g., gives masses and rates in terms of a fairly small set of fundamental parameters • 5 or >100, depending on symmetry! M. Oreglia

  10. The Higgs Mass • Not specified explicitly … but • restrictions are imposed by the structure of gauge couplings • l is a running coupling (i.e., function of the energy scale Q) • large-l: • and so l can be calculated if you fix a high energy cutoff scale L: • l finite gives an upper bound on mH (“Landau Pole”) • small-l: • the t-quark Yukawa coupling is large • quartic coupling positive gives a lower bound on mH • Thus mH = 180 GeV at L, unless: • there is new physics on the way M. Oreglia

  11. Theoretical Mass Bounds At current energy scale, mH can cover a large range Current limit M. Oreglia

  12. How can we be Sure? … because there is a very solid body of circumstantial evidence that a Higgs-like object exists and is perturbing some high-precision measurements we have recently made M. Oreglia

  13. Indirect Evidence of the Higgs • The existence of a Higgs-like object with mass on the order of 100 GeV is suggested by several precision electroweak measurements • Higgs boson modifies the Z propagator • … and decay vertices • small correction (~ 0.1%) ~ ln(m) • largest effect in angular distributions of Z-decay products • The WW cross section also requires the existence of a Higgs-like object • We are psyched for a Higgs discovery! M. Oreglia

  14. Electroweak Observables Tau Asymmetry Z width Electron asymmetry W mass M. Oreglia

  15. Direct and Indirect Limits Radiative corrections imply mH = 94 GeV … or mH < 210 GeV at 95% CL M. Oreglia

  16. How to Search for it • The Higgs particle(s) couple to fermion pairs … strength goes like the fermion mass … • So collide the heaviest particles you can and look for appearance of the new bosons • In a perfect world we would have a top- or bottom-quark collider … this would have the highest production rate • But proton colliders are the only practical quark machines, and there are few b quarks in the proton • Leptons are clean and simple • A muon collider would make a pretty nice Higgs factory … • But it is a difficult machine to build and we are waiting on Dan Kaplan … • Settle for electron colliders M. Oreglia

  17. Accelerators We can Consider • LEP – Large Electron Positron Collider • up to Ecm = 209 GeV • Fermilab TeVatron • proton-antiprotons @ 1 TeV • LHC – Large Hadron Collider • proton-proton @ 14 TeV • starts 2008 • LC – electron Linear Collider • electron-positron 0.5-1.3 TeV • conceivable 2012ish • MSR – Muon Storage Ring • a tremendous technical challenge • perhaps staged as a neutrino factory first … towards end of next decade M. Oreglia

  18. LEP --The Large Electron Positron Collider On mange bien ici • 27 km circumference electron synchrotron • supported 4 experiments simultaneously • initiated in 1989 at Ecm = 91 GeV … • upgraded over the years with additional superconducting RF cavities ... • reached 209 GeV in summer of 2000 … • and is now dismantled M. Oreglia

  19. The 4 Logos ALEPH fine grained DELPHI high tech L3 hi-res photon OPAL general purpose, conservative group quite superb, really M. Oreglia

  20. Higgs Production at LEP Higgs mass (GeV) M. Oreglia

  21. MSM Higgs Decays Remember … H couples to mass! It predominantly decays to the heaviest particles M. Oreglia

  22. Decay Topologies M. Oreglia

  23. Most Common Event Expected M. Oreglia

  24. B-Tagging The heavy b decay products have long lifetime, and can travel centimeters before decaying M. Oreglia

  25. 4-fermion Backgrounds is an irreducible background for mH near mZ, and it caused trouble in 1998. Beyond m=100 GeV, backgrounds are low. M. Oreglia

  26. LEP Has Benefited from Many Higgs Discoveries! • ALEPH, 1992, Ecm= 90 GeV • Mh=58 GeV • L3, 1992, Ecm= 90 GeV • Mh=60 GeV • ALEPH, 1996, Ecm= 133 GeV • Mh+MA=105 GeV • ALEPH, 1998, Ecm= 189 GeV • Mh=102 GeV • ALEPH, 1999, Ecm=196 GeV • Mh=105 • L3, 2000, Ecm=206 GeV • MH+=68 GeV M. Oreglia

  27. Even OPAL Should Know Better M. Oreglia

  28. Y2K LEP Performance • 2000: the maximal LEP upgrade done • Two run modes: • Maximum Energy Mode • 209.14 GeV attained • but no klystrons in reserve; if a klystron trips (every 15-60 minutes), the beam is lost • refill time: 20-90 minutes • Maximum Production Mode • keep 1 klystron in reserve • 205-207 GeV • fills last 3 hours • yields 2-4 pb-1 per week • HE running stresses LEP: • severe pitting in RF cavities • … but reconditioning worked M. Oreglia

  29. SM Higgs Cross Section For m=115 GeV, L=150 pb-1: about 6 events/expt for 100% efficiency. More like 3 really! Higgs Mass (GeV) M. Oreglia

  30. How We Spent Summer 2000 • The LEP accelerator was scheduled to close down at beginning of September • run extended to 30 Sept after a LEPC meeting held on 20 July • a meeting of the LEPC was scheduled for 5 Sept to decide if any hint of new physics could justify an extension. 4 events (3 from ALEPH, 1 from DELPHI ) were recorded between 20 July and 5 Sept. Three events are perfect candidates for Higgs boson decays. Run extended to 2 Nov. • 10 Oct LEPC: No new candidates • LEP shuts 2 Nov … for this year. • 3 Nov LEPC: Big decision time • hoped that HE data would double • … but -1 new candidates • DG declares LEP will be dismantled M. Oreglia

  31. Best ALEPH event e+e- Z H, Z  qq, H  bb (85%) mH = 115 GeV M. Oreglia

  32. What ALEPH saw Sept 5(one representative plot) m>109 GeV: 0.3 bkg 0.6 signal 3 observed cb significance= 3.5 s/b = 2.0 The mass plot does not tell the whole story … … as I will now elucidate M. Oreglia

  33. The Next Steps • The events are only in one channel (4-jet) • ok ... low statistics • Mostly from one experiment • again, low statistics • Weighted by the significance of the b-tagging • 2 of the ALEPH events are “gold plated” • At this high mass, very little background is expected, but just how well modeled is it? • more to the point, have enough MC events been processed to get smooth background and signal curves ? • It was hoped that we could double the data at Ecm=207 by running an additional month • The LEP-wide HIGGS working group was instructed to create a team which could combine the data from 4 experiments rapidly, and cross-check results M. Oreglia

  34. How Ecm Helps Shifting <E> from 205 to 206 GeV boosts the production rate for mH=115 considerably Higgs Mass (GeV) M. Oreglia

  35. Analysis Procedure • The plot of candidate masses only shows a part of the total information • In searching for the H0 in the context of the Standard Model theory, we also have distributions in the various decay channels • Each channel has different: • backgrounds • mass resolutions • Individual events should be weighted for quality and systematic uncertainty • the likelihood of the b-tag quantified • mass reconstruction quality • likelihood of kinematic cuts • … and the S/B • All this info should go into CL • But everybody wants to see mass plots, so we show them for variations of the cuts which yield different minimum S/B M. Oreglia

  36. ADLO Mass Plot S/B > 0.3 S/B > 1.0 S/B > 2.0 Reconstructed mass (GeV) M. Oreglia

  37. Even Some ALEPH Skeptics! (Thanks again, Claus Grupen!) M. Oreglia

  38. Statistical Procedures • We are looking for the Higgs within a very specific theory • The mass plot does not convey all information (i.e., separate decay channels, amount of background, etc) • So we need a statistical treatment M. Oreglia

  39. Signal, Background Hypotheses • Construct a parameter that orders outcomes • as more signal-like, or less signal-like For hi-stat, -2lnQ is distributed like 2 (From Alex Read) M. Oreglia

  40. For some test masses: Mtest = 110 GeV Mtest = 116 GeV Mtest = 120 GeV M. Oreglia

  41. In Terms of Test Statistic: • The data, expected background, and signal are binned in reconstructed mass • “channels” for the likelihood computation include: • each decay channel • each experiment • each signal mass hypothesis • NB: analyses, cuts may be mH dependent Bckgrnd- like Signal-like M. Oreglia

  42. For Mtest = 116 GeV: • blue CL(s+b) area: compatibility of LEP combined measurement with s+b hypothesis • define CL(s) as CL(s+b)/CL(b); rule out signals at the 95% confidence limit if CL(s)<0.05 M. Oreglia

  43. So we set: Upper Limit LEP legacy: mH > 114.4 GeV M. Oreglia

  44. Where Do We Go From Here? • Next experiments: • Fermilab TeVatron run II • higher luminosity than before • 15 inverse fb by 2004? More like 2006 now • upgraded detectors (2) • CERN Large Hadron Collider • high field magnets in LEP tunnel • pp collisions at Ecm = 14 TeV • Turn-on in 2006 2007 2008 • 1 inverse femtobarn first year • x10 luminosity in 2007 • The CERN director decided there would NOT be LEP running in 2001 • VERY expensive: LHC contractor penalties • The Large Hadron Collider is delayed by more than 1 year M. Oreglia

  45. LEP’s Difficult Legacy • A 115 GeV Higgs is difficult to see • Fermilab TeVatron and LHC: large backgrounds • 2-3 years of good running for CDF/D0 • Not so easy for LHC either … 2009? M. Oreglia

  46. TeVatron Best bet • While sgg=1pb, the QCD background is 106 • The hW and hZ allow mass-tag of W,Z • Using all channels, they can probably just get up to 115 GeV mass reach in 4-5 years ??? So far…not off to a good start… not meeting luminosity goals M. Oreglia

  47. Hadron Collider Dominant Process M. Oreglia

  48. The LHC Highest energy and rates yet Expect solid sighting of Higgs M. Oreglia

  49. LHC Golden Process • The rates at LHC’s higher energy are larger, but so are the backgrounds • Can afford to tag on very clean Z decays • In this way, mass reach is up to 1 TeV M. Oreglia

  50. LHC m=115 Clean Process • The low 115 GeV Higgs mass is a problem for LHC (below ZZ threshold). • Make some use of the relactively clean diphoton decays of the Higgs • But there is background from QCD here too M. Oreglia

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