Searches for the Z gamma decay mode of the Higgs boson and for new high-mass resonances in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, S.H. Abidi, O.S. AbouZeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Shin-ichi Adachi, L. Adamczyk, J P Adelman, T. Adye, M. Adersberger, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines HansenJørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Simon Holm Stark, Geert-Jan Besjes, Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Milena Bajic

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Abstract

This article presents searches for the Zγ decay of the Higgs boson and for narrow high-mass resonances decaying to Zγ, exploiting Z boson decays to pairs of electrons or muons. The data analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of pp collisions at s=13 recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The data are found to be consistent with the expected Standard Model background. The observed (expected — assuming Standard Model pp → H → Zγ production and decay) upper limit on the production cross section times the branching ratio for pp → H → Zγ is 6.6. (5.2) times the Standard Model prediction at the 95% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125.09 GeV. In addition, upper limits are set on the production cross section times the branching ratio as a function of the mass of a narrow resonance between 250 GeV and 2.4 TeV, assuming spin-0 resonances produced via gluon-gluon fusion, and spin-2 resonances produced via gluon-gluon or quark-antiquark initial states. For high-mass spin-0 resonances, the observed (expected) limits vary between 88 fb (61 fb) and 2.8 fb (2.7 fb) for the mass range from 250 GeV to 2.4 TeV at the 95% confidence level.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer112
TidsskriftJournal of High Energy Physics
Vol/bind2017
Udgave nummer10
ISSN1126-6708
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 okt. 2017

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