TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurements of Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with 36 fb(-1) of pp collision data at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aaboud, M.
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Abeloos, B
AU - Abidi, S.H.
AU - Abouzeid, Ossama Sherif Alexander
AU - Abraham, NL
AU - Adachi, Sosuke
AU - Adamczyk, L.
AU - Adelman, J.
AU - Adersberger, M.
AU - Adye, T.
AU - Affolder, A. A.
AU - Afik, Y.
AU - Agheorghiesei, C.
AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
AU - Ahlen, S. P.
AU - Ahmadov, F.
AU - Alonso Diaz, Alejandro
AU - Bajic, Milena
AU - Besjes, Geert-Jan
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - de Almeida Dias, Flavia
AU - Galster, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Monk, James William
AU - Stark, Simon Holm
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Thiele, Fabian Alexander Jürgen
AU - Wiglesworth, Graig
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2018/9/18
Y1 - 2018/9/18
N2 - Properties of the Higgs boson are measured in the two-photon final state using 36.1 fb-1 of proton? proton collision data recorded at ffiffi √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Cross-section measurements for the production of a Higgs boson through gluon-gluon fusion, vectorboson fusion, and in association with a vector boson or a top-quark pair are reported. The signal strength, defined as the ratio of the observed to the expected signal yield, is measured for each of these production processes as well as inclusively. The global signal strength measurement of 0.99 ± 0.14 improves on the precision of the ATLAS measurement at √s = 7 and 8 TeV by a factor of two. Measurements of gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion productions yield signal strengths compatible with the Standard Model prediction. Measurements of simplified template cross sections, designed to quantify the different Higgs boson production processes in specific regions of phase space, are reported. The cross section for the production of the Higgs boson decaying to two isolated photons in a fiducial region closely matching the experimental selection of the photons is measured to be 55 ± 10 fb, which is in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction of 64 ± 2 fb. Furthermore, cross sections in fiducial regions enriched in Higgs boson production in vector-boson fusion or in association with large missing transverse momentum, leptons or top-quark pairs are reported. Differential and double-differential measurements are performed for several variables related to the diphoton kinematics as well as the kinematics and multiplicity of the jets produced in association with a Higgs boson. These differential cross sections are sensitive to higher order QCD corrections and properties of the Higgs boson, such as its spin and CP quantum numbers. No significant deviations from a wide array of Standard Model predictions are observed. Finally, the strength and tensor structure of the Higgs boson interactions are investigated using an effective Lagrangian, which introduces additional CP-even and CP-odd interactions. No significant new physics contributions are observed.
AB - Properties of the Higgs boson are measured in the two-photon final state using 36.1 fb-1 of proton? proton collision data recorded at ffiffi √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Cross-section measurements for the production of a Higgs boson through gluon-gluon fusion, vectorboson fusion, and in association with a vector boson or a top-quark pair are reported. The signal strength, defined as the ratio of the observed to the expected signal yield, is measured for each of these production processes as well as inclusively. The global signal strength measurement of 0.99 ± 0.14 improves on the precision of the ATLAS measurement at √s = 7 and 8 TeV by a factor of two. Measurements of gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion productions yield signal strengths compatible with the Standard Model prediction. Measurements of simplified template cross sections, designed to quantify the different Higgs boson production processes in specific regions of phase space, are reported. The cross section for the production of the Higgs boson decaying to two isolated photons in a fiducial region closely matching the experimental selection of the photons is measured to be 55 ± 10 fb, which is in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction of 64 ± 2 fb. Furthermore, cross sections in fiducial regions enriched in Higgs boson production in vector-boson fusion or in association with large missing transverse momentum, leptons or top-quark pairs are reported. Differential and double-differential measurements are performed for several variables related to the diphoton kinematics as well as the kinematics and multiplicity of the jets produced in association with a Higgs boson. These differential cross sections are sensitive to higher order QCD corrections and properties of the Higgs boson, such as its spin and CP quantum numbers. No significant deviations from a wide array of Standard Model predictions are observed. Finally, the strength and tensor structure of the Higgs boson interactions are investigated using an effective Lagrangian, which introduces additional CP-even and CP-odd interactions. No significant new physics contributions are observed.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052005
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052005
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2470-0010
VL - 98
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
IS - 5
M1 - 052005
ER -