Observation of H -> b(b)over-bar decays and V H production with the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud; G. Aad; B. Abbott; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; DK Abhayasinghe; S.H. Abidi; Ossama Sherif Alexander Abouzeid; NL Abraham; H. Abramowicz; H. Abreu; Y. Abulaiti; B.S. Acharya; Sosuke Adachi; Luise Adam; L. Adamczyk; J. Adelman; M. Adersberger; A. Adiguzel; T. Adye; A. A. Affolder; Y.  Afik; C. Agheorghiesei; J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; Geert-Jan Besjes; Milena Bajic; Mogens Dam; Flavia de Almeida Dias; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Peter Henrik Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; James William Monk; Troels Christian Petersen; Fabian A.J. Thiele; Simon Holm Stark; Graig Wiglesworth; Stefania Xella

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.013

Observation of H -> b(b)over-bar decays and V H production with the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, DK Abhayasinghe, S.H. Abidi, Ossama Sherif Alexander Abouzeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Sosuke Adachi, Luise Adam, L. Adamczyk, J. Adelman, M. Adersberger, A. Adiguzel, T. AdyeA. A. Affolder, Y. Afik, C. Agheorghiesei, J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Geert-Jan Besjes, Milena Bajic, Mogens Dam, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, James William Monk, Troels Christian Petersen, Fabian A.J. Thiele, Simon Holm Stark, Graig Wiglesworth, Stefania Xella

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A search for the decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson into a bb¯ pair when produced in association with a W or Z boson is performed with the ATLAS detector. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 79.8fb⁻¹ were collected in proton–proton collisions during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV. For a Higgs boson mass of 125GeV, an excess of events over the expected background from other Standard Model processes is found with an observed (expected) significance of 4.9 (4.3) standard deviations. A combination with the results from other searches in Run 1 and in Run 2 for the Higgs boson in the bb¯ decay mode is performed, which yields an observed (expected) significance of 5.4 (5.5) standard deviations, thus providing direct observation of the Higgs boson decay into b-quarks. The ratio of the measured event yield for a Higgs boson decaying into bb¯ to the Standard Model expectation is 1.01±0.12(stat.)_−0.15 ^+0.16(syst.). Additionally, a combination of Run 2 results searching for the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson yields an observed (expected) significance of 5.3 (4.8) standard deviations.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Physics Letters B
Vol/bind	786
Sider (fra-til)	59-86
Antal sider	28
ISSN	0370-2693
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.013
Status	Udgivet - 10 nov. 2018

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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abhayasinghe, DK., Abidi, S. H., Abouzeid, O. S. A., Abraham, NL., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B. S., Adachi, S., Adam, L., Adamczyk, L., Adelman, J., Adersberger, M., Adiguzel, A., ... Xella, S. (2018). Observation of H -> b(b)over-bar decays and V H production with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 786, 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.013

Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, Abouzeid, OSA, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Adachi, S, Adam, L, Adamczyk, L, Adelman, J, Adersberger, M, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agheorghiesei, C, Aguilar-Saavedra, JA, Alonso Diaz, A, Besjes, G-J, Bajic, M, Dam, M, de Almeida Dias, F, Galster, GAGK, Hansen, PH , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB, Monk, JW, Petersen, TC, Thiele, FAJ, Stark, SH, Wiglesworth, G & Xella, S 2018, 'Observation of H -> b(b)over-bar decays and V H production with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, bind 786, s. 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.013

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Observation of H -> b(b)over-bar decays and V H production with the ATLAS detector

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