Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Publication ,  Journal Article
Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abbott, DC; Abed Abud, A; Abeling, K; Abhayasinghe, DK; Abidi, SH; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abulaiti, Y; Acharya, BS; Ai, X ...
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics
January 1, 2022

A search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson (H) into a bb¯ resonance plus missing transverse momentum is described. The search is performed with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using 139 fb−1 of pp collisions at s = 13 TeV. The search targets events from ZH production in an NMSSM scenario where H → χ~20χ~10, with χ~20→aχ~10, where a is a light pseudoscalar Higgs boson and χ~1,20 are the two lightest neutralinos. The decay of the a boson into a pair of b-quarks results in a peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution. The final-state signature consists of two leptons, two or more jets, at least one of which is identified as originating from a b-quark, and missing transverse momentum. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations and upper limits are set on the product of cross section times branching ratio for a three-dimensional scan of the masses of the χ~20, χ~10 and a boson. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI

EISSN

1029-8479

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Volume

2022

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D. C., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D. K., … Arguin, J. F. (2022). Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2022)063
Aad, G., B. Abbott, D. C. Abbott, A. Abed Abud, K. Abeling, D. K. Abhayasinghe, S. H. Abidi, et al. “Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2022, no. 1 (January 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2022)063.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abbott DC, Abed Abud A, Abeling K, Abhayasinghe DK, et al. Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022 Jan 1;2022(1).
Aad, G., et al. “Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2022, no. 1, Jan. 2022. Scopus, doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2022)063.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abbott DC, Abed Abud A, Abeling K, Abhayasinghe DK, Abidi SH, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abulaiti Y, Abusleme Hoffman AC, Acharya BS, Achkar B, Adam L, Adam Bourdarios C, Adamczyk L, Adamek L, Addepalli SV, Adelman J, Adiguzel A, Adorni S, Adye T, Affolder AA, Afik Y, Agapopoulou C, Agaras MN, Agarwala J, Aggarwal A, Agheorghiesei C, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Ahmad A, Ahmadov F, Ahmed WS, Ai X, Aielli G, Aizenberg I, Akatsuka S, Akbiyik M, Åkesson TPA, Akimov AV, Al Khoury K, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Alconada Verzini MJ, Alderweireldt S, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexopoulos T, Alfonsi A, Alfonsi F, Alhroob M, Ali B, Ali S, Aliev M, Alimonti G, Allaire C, Allbrooke BMM, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Alunno Camelia E, Alvarez Estevez M, Alviggi MG, Amaral Coutinho Y, Ambler A, Ambroz L, Amelung C, Amidei D, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amoroso S, Amrouche CS, Anastopoulos C, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders JK, Andrean SY, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Angelidakis S, Angerami A, Anisenkov AV, Annovi A, Antel C, Anthony MT, Antipov E, Antonelli M, Antrim DJA, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aparisi Pozo JA, Aparo MA, Aperio Bella L, Aranzabal N, Araujo Ferraz V, Arcangeletti C, Arce ATH, Arena E, Arguin JF. Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022 Jan 1;2022(1).
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI

EISSN

1029-8479

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Volume

2022

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics