Using $b$-Tagging to Detect $t\anti t$~Higgs Production with Higgs$\rta b\anti b$

Abstract

We demonstrate that expected efficiencies and purities for $b$-tagging at SSC/LHC detectors may allow detection of the Standard Model Higgs in $t\anti t \hsm$ production, with $\hsm\rta b\anti b$ decay, for $80\lsim\mhsm\lsim 130\gev$, provided $\mt\gsim 130\gev$.

11 pages, uses phyzzx.tex and tables.tex macros, full postscript file, including embedded figures, available via anonymous ftp at ucdhep.ucdavis.edu as [anonymous.gunion]hbb_sm.ps, Higgs branching ratios corrected to larger values, additional b-tagging and mis-identification scenarios studied, preprint UCD-93-18