Search for a Light Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251801

Search for a Light Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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

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A search for the decay of a light Higgs boson (120-140 GeV) to a pair of weakly interacting, long-lived particles in 1.94fb^-1 of proton-proton collisions at √s=7TeV recorded in 2011 by the ATLAS detector is presented. The search strategy requires that both long-lived particles decay inside the muon spectrometer. No excess of events is observed above the expected background and limits on the Higgs boson production times branching ratio to weakly interacting, long-lived particles are derived as a function of the particle proper decay length.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	25
Pages (from-to)	251801
Number of pages	18
ISSN	0031-9007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251801
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2012

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Aad, G., Dam, M., Boelaert, N. M. P., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. R., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Jørgensen, M. D., Mehlhase, S., Klinkby, E. B., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., & Xella, S. (2012). Search for a Light Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physical Review Letters, 108(25), 251801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251801

Search for a Light Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector. / Aad, G.; Dam, Mogens; Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena et al.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, No. 25, 19.06.2012, p. 251801.

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Aad, G, Dam, M, Boelaert, NMP, Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JR, Heisterkamp, SJF, Jørgensen, MD, Mehlhase, S, Klinkby, EB, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Xella, S 2012, 'Search for a Light Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector', Physical Review Letters, vol. 108, no. 25, pp. 251801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251801

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