Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV 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; L. Adamczyk; J. Adelman; M. Adersberger; A. Adiguzel; T. Adye; A. A. Affolder; Y.  Afik; C. Agheorghiesei; J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra; F. Ahmadov; G. Aielli; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; Milena Bajic; Flavia de Almeida Dias; Geert-Jan Besjes; Mogens Dam; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Peter Henrik Hansen; James William Monk; hqz214 hqz214; Simon Holm Stark; Troels Christian Petersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Stefania Xella; The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001

Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV 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, L. Adamczyk, J. Adelman, M. Adersberger, A. Adiguzel, T. Adye, A. A. AffolderY. Afik, C. Agheorghiesei, J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, F. Ahmadov, G. Aielli, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Milena Bajic, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Geert-Jan Besjes, Mogens Dam, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, James William Monk, hqz214 hqz214, Simon Holm Stark, Troels Christian Petersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Stefania Xella, The ATLAS collaboration

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A measurement of production cross sections of the Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions is presented in the H→ττ decay channel. The analysis is performed using 36.1 fb-1 of data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV. All combinations of leptonic (τ→vv with =e,μ) and hadronic (τ→hadrons v) τ decays are considered. The H→ττ signal over the expected background from other Standard Model processes is established with an observed (expected) significance of 4.4 (4.1) standard deviations. Combined with results obtained using data taken at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies, the observed (expected) significance amounts to 6.4 (5.4) standard deviations and constitutes an observation of H→ττ decays. Using the data taken at s=13 TeV, the total cross section in the H→ττ decay channel is measured to be 3.77-0.59+0.60 (stat) -0.74+0.87 (syst) pb, for a Higgs boson of mass 125 GeV assuming the relative contributions of its production modes as predicted by the Standard Model. Total cross sections in the H→ττ decay channel are determined separately for vector-boson-fusion production and gluon-gluon-fusion production to be σH→ττVBF=0.28±0.09 (stat) -0.09+0.11 (syst) pb and σH→ττggF=3.1±1.0 (stat) -1.3+1.6 (syst) pb, respectively. Similarly, results of a fit are reported in the framework of simplified template cross sections. All measurements are in agreement with Standard Model expectations.

Original language	English
Article number	072001
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	99
Issue number	7
Number of pages	39
ISSN	2470-0010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2019

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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., Adamczyk, L., Adelman, J., Adersberger, M., Adiguzel, A., Adye, T., ... The ATLAS collaboration (2019). Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 99(7), Article 072001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001

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, Adamczyk, L, Adelman, J, Adersberger, M, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agheorghiesei, C, Aguilar-Saavedra, JA, Ahmadov, F, Aielli, G, Alonso Diaz, A, Bajic, M, de Almeida Dias, F, Besjes, G-J, Dam, M, Galster, GAGK, Hansen, JB , Hansen, JD , Hansen, PH, Monk, JW, hqz214, H, Stark, SH, Petersen, TC , Wiglesworth, G , Xella, S & The ATLAS collaboration 2019, 'Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physical Review D, vol. 99, no. 7, 072001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001

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Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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