Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Troels Christian Petersen, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Stefania Xella, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Sascha Mehlhase, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen

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Abstract

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb -1 collected at s=7 TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb -1 at s=8 TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels H→ZZ (*) →4ℓ, H→γγ and H→WW (*) →eνμν in the 8 TeV data are combined with previously published results of searches for H→ZZ (*) , WW (*) , bb- and τ + τ - in the 7 TeV data and results from improved analyses of the H→ZZ (*) →4ℓ and H→γγ channels in the 7 TeV data. Clear evidence for the production of a neutral boson with a measured mass of 126.0±0.4(stat)±0.4(sys)GeV is presented. This observation, which has a significance of 5.9 standard deviations, corresponding to a background fluctuation probability of 1.7×10 -9 , is compatible with the production and decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysics Letters B
Vol/bind716
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)1-29
ISSN0370-2693
StatusUdgivet - 17 sep. 2012

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