Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; R. Aben; M. Abolins; O.S. AbouZeid; Abraham Nitzan; H. Abramowicz; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Almut Maria Pingel; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Lars Egholm Pedersen

doi:10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160

Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, R. Aben, M. Abolins, O.S. AbouZeid, Abraham Nitzan, H. Abramowicz, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Almut Maria Pingel, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn GalsterLotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Lars Egholm Pedersen

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A search for Higgs boson production in association with a pair of top quarks (tt¯ H) is performed, where the Higgs boson decays to bb¯, and both top quarks decay hadronically. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb⁻¹ of pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The search selects events with at least six energetic jets and uses a boosted decision tree algorithm to discriminate between signal and Standard Model background. The dominant multijet background is estimated using a dedicated data-driven technique. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an upper limit of 6.4 (5.4) times the Standard Model cross section is observed (expected) at 95% confidence level. The best-fit value for the signal strength is μ = 1.6 ± 2.6 times the Standard Model expectation for m_H = 125 GeV. Combining all tt¯ H searches carried out by ATLAS at √s = 8 and 7 TeV, an observed (expected) upper limit of 3.1 (1.4) times the Standard Model expectation is obtained at 95% confidence level, with a signal strength μ = 1.7 ± 0.8.

Original language	English
Article number	160
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2016
Issue number	5
ISSN	1126-6708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O. S., Nitzan, A., Abramowicz, H., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Pingel, A. M., Alonso Diaz, A., Monk, J. W., ... Pedersen, L. E. (2016). Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(5), [160]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160

Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J. et al.

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Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Aben, R, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, OS, Nitzan, A, Abramowicz, H, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Pingel, AM, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Galster, GAGK, Thomsen, LA, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Pedersen, LE 2016, 'Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2016, no. 5, 160. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160

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Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into b(b)over-bar produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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