Theoretical Uncertainties In Higgs Searches

In this talk, we respond to the comments and criticisms made by the representatives of the CDF and D0 collaborations on our recent papers in which we point out that the theoretical uncertainties in the Higgs production cross section have been largely underestimated and, if properly taken into account, will significantly loosen the Tevatron Higgs exclusion bounds. We show that our approach to the theoretical uncertainties is fully justified and, furthermore, provide additional details on our statistical analysis of the CDF and D0 exclusion limit which show that it is conceptually correct.