Higgs Physics at LEP2

M. Carena, P. Zerwas, E. Accomando, P. Bagnaia, A. Ballestrero, P. Bambade, D. Bardin, F. Berends, J. van der Bij, T. Binoth, G. Burkart, F. de Campos, R. Contri, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, A. Dabelstein, W. de Boer, C. de StJean, F. Di Lodovico, A. Djouadi, V. Driesen, M. Dubinin, E. Duchovni, O. J. P. Eboli, R. Ehret, U. Ellwanger, J. -P. Ernenwein, J. -R. Espinosa, R. Faccini, M. Felcini, R. Folman, H. Genten, J. -F. Grivaz, E. Gross, J. Guy, H. Haber, Cs. Hajdu, S. W. Ham, R. Hempfling, A. Hoang, W. Hollik, S. Hoorelbeke, K. Hultqvist, P. Igo-Kemenes, P. Janot, S. de Jong, U. Jost, J. Kalinowski, S. Katsanevas, R. Keränen, W. Kilian, B. R. Kim, S. F. King, R. Kleiss, B. A. Kniehl, M. Krämer, A. Leike, E. Lund, V. Lund, P. Lutz, J. Marco, C. Mariotti, J. -P. Martin, C. Martinez-Rivero, G. Mikenberg, M. R. Monge, G. Montagna, O. Nicrosini, S. K. Oh, P. Ohmann, G. Passarino, F. Piccinini, R. Pittau, T. Plehn, M. Quiros, M. Rausch de Traubenberg, T. Riemann, J. Rosiek, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, C. A. Savoy, P. Sherwood, S. Shichanin, R. Silvestre, A. Sopczak, M. Spira, J. W. F. Valle, D. Vilanova, C. E. M. Wagner, P. L. White, T. Wlodek, G. Wolf, S. Yamashita, F. Zwirner

Published 1996-02-07Version 1

In this report we review the prospects for Higgs physics at LEP2. The theoretical aspects and the phenomenology of Higgs particles are discussed within the Standard Model (SM) and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The experimental search techniques are described and the discovery limits for Higgs bosons in the LEP2 energy range are summarized. In addition, opportunities of detecting Higgs particles in non-minimal extensions of the SM and the MSSM are investigated.