This report presents the results of a Fermilab study of the sensitivity for Higgs boson production at the upgraded Tevatron in Run II. The study extends previous Tevatron results by combining all possible search channels, considering the production of higher mass Higgs bosons and interpreting the results in the context of supersymmetric Higgs production as well as Standard Model production.

We present a summary of our experimental understanding of the top quark and discuss the significant improvements expected in Run II at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We also discuss prospects for a Higgs boson discovery at the Tevatron.

Preliminary results from a Fermilab study of the sensitivity for Higgs boson production at the upgraded Tevatron are presented. The study extends previous results by systematically combining results for all decay channels, considering the production of higher mass Higgs bosons and interpreting the results in the context of super-symmetric Higgs production as well as Standard Model production. New analysis methods significantly improve the sensitivity. With 20 fb−1 of accumulated data, the Higgs discovery reach can be extended to M{sub H} = 180 GeV.

The current status of simulation studies for the observation of a standard-model or lightest supersymmetric Higgs boson at TeV33 are reviewed. Latest studies indicate that the mass range 60

The present upgrades of the CDF and DO detectors as well as of the Fermilab Tevatron have dramatically improved their sensitivity for Standard Model and minimal supersymmetry Higgs bosons searches in Run II. This paper reviews the recent estimates of this sensitivity in terms of Higgs discovery and exclusion reach based on a total expected Run II Tevatron luminosity of 15 fb−1 delivered to each experiment.