Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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Aaboud, M; Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdinov, O; Abeloos, B; Abidi, SH; AbouZeid, OS; Abraham, NL; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abulaiti, Y; Acharya, BS ...
Published in: Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics
July 10, 2018
This Letter presents a search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of new (pseudo)scalar particles, H→aa, where the a particle has a mass in the range 20–60 GeV, and where one of the a bosons decays into a pair of photons and the other to a pair of gluons. The search is performed in event samples enhanced in vector-boson fusion Higgs boson production by requiring two jets with large invariant mass in addition to the Higgs boson candidate decay products. The analysis is based on the full dataset of pp collisions at s=13TeV recorded in 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.7 fb−1. The data are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions and an upper limit at the 95% confidence level is placed on the production cross section times the branching ratio for the decay H→aa→γγgg. This limit ranges from 3.1 pb to 9.0 pb depending on the mass of the a boson.
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Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics
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0370-2693
Publication Date
July 10, 2018
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782
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750 / 767
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- 0105 Mathematical Physics
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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S. H., … Arslan, O. (2018). Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 782, 750–767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.011
Aaboud, M., G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B. Abeloos, S. H. Abidi, O. S. AbouZeid, et al. “Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 782 (July 10, 2018): 750–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.011.
Aaboud M, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Abidi SH, et al. Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics. 2018 Jul 10;782:750–67.
Aaboud, M., et al. “Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, vol. 782, July 2018, pp. 750–67. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.011.
Aaboud M, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Abidi SH, AbouZeid OS, Abraham NL, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abulaiti Y, Acharya BS, Adachi S, Adamczyk L, Adelman J, Adersberger M, Adye T, Affolder AA, Afik Y, Agheorghiesei C, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Ahmadov F, Aielli G, Akatsuka S, Åkesson TPA, Akilli E, Akimov AV, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Albicocco P, Alconada Verzini MJ, Alderweireldt S, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Ali B, Aliev M, Alimonti G, Alison J, Alkire SP, Allaire C, Allbrooke BMM, Allen BW, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Alshehri AA, Alstaty MI, Alvarez Gonzalez B, Álvarez Piqueras D, Alviggi MG, Amadio BT, Amaral Coutinho Y, Ambroz L, Amelung C, Amidei D, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amoroso S, Anastopoulos C, Ancu LS, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anders JK, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Angelidakis S, Angelozzi I, Angerami A, Anisenkov AV, Annovi A, Antel C, Antonelli M, Antonov A, Antrim DJA, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aperio Bella L, Arabidze G, Arai Y, Araque JP, Araujo Ferraz V, Araujo Pereira R, Arce ATH, Ardell RE, Arduh FA, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos S, Armbruster AJ, Armitage LJ, Arnaez O, Arnold H, Arratia M, Arslan O. Search for Higgs boson decays into pairs of light (pseudo)scalar particles in the γγ jj final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics. 2018 Jul 10;782:750–767.
Published In
Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics
DOI
ISSN
0370-2693
Publication Date
July 10, 2018
Volume
782
Start / End Page
750 / 767
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- 0105 Mathematical Physics