Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS
- NázevTitle
- Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLASSearch for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, S.A. Khalek, O. Abdinov, K. Augsten, P. Gallus, J. Günther, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, S. Pospíšil, F. Seifert, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, V. Sopko, B. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč, Z. Vykydal, M. Suk
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- dark matter, majoron models, lepton number, particle, violation, detector, mass, lhc
- ExperimentCollaboration
- ATLAS
- DOIDOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.201802
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- Physical Review Letters 112(20), 201802 (2014) · ISSN 0031-9007
- RokYear
- 2014
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- ZáznamyRecords
- ProjektProject
- Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational experiment ATLAS-CERN; Podpora zkvalitnění týmů výzkumu a vývoje a rozvoj intersektorální mobility na ČVUT v PrazeSupport of inter-sectoral mobility and quality enhancement of research teams at Czech Technical University in Prague
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- 247 (INSPIRE-HEP)
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- http://link.aps.org/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.201802
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AbstraktAbstract
A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb(-1) (20.3 fb(-1)) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Assuming the standard model rate for ZH production, an upper limit of 75%, at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio to invisible-particle decay modes of the Higgs boson at a mass of 125.5 GeV. The limit on the branching ratio is also interpreted in terms of an upper limit on the allowed dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section within a Higgs-portal dark matter scenario. Within the constraints of such a scenario, the results presented in this Letter provide the strongest available limits for low-mass dark matter candidates. Limits are also set on an additional neutral Higgs boson, in the mass range 110 < m(H) < 400 GeV, produced in association with a Z boson and decaying to invisible particles.
A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb(-1) (20.3 fb(-1)) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Assuming the standard model rate for ZH production, an upper limit of 75%, at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio to invisible-particle decay modes of the Higgs boson at a mass of 125.5 GeV. The limit on the branching ratio is also interpreted in terms of an upper limit on the allowed dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section within a Higgs-portal dark matter scenario. Within the constraints of such a scenario, the results presented in this Letter provide the strongest available limits for low-mass dark matter candidates. Limits are also set on an additional neutral Higgs boson, in the mass range 110 < m(H) < 400 GeV, produced in association with a Z boson and decaying to invisible particles.