Search for Higgs boson pair production in the gamma gamma b(b)over-bar final state with 13TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, 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. AfikC. 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, Jørn Dines Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, James William Monk, Troels Christian Petersen, Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele, Simon Holm Stark, Graig Wiglesworth, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

A search is performed for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the γ γ bb¯ final state. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess relative to the Standard Model expectation is observed. The observed limit on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair cross-section is 0.73 pb at 95% confidence level. This observed limit is equivalent to 22 times the predicted Standard Model cross-section. The Higgs boson self-coupling (κλ = λHHHHHHSM) is constrained at 95% confidence level to −8.2 < κλ < 13.2. For resonant Higgs boson pair production through X→ HH→ γ γ bb¯ , the limit is presented, using the narrow-width approximation, as a function of mX in the range 260 GeV < mX < 1000 GeV. The observed limits range from 1.1 pb to 0.12 pb over this mass range.

Original languageEnglish
Article number040
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number11
Number of pages44
ISSN1126-6708
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2018

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