TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Xella, Stefania
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
PY - 2012/9/17
Y1 - 2012/9/17
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 716
SP - 1
EP - 29
JO - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
JF - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
IS - 1
ER -