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Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bbτ+τ- decay channel using 13TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector

NázevTitle
Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bbτ+τ- decay channel using 13TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detectorSearch for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bbτ+τ- decay channel using 13TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, D. C. Abbott, A. A. Abud, B. Ali, K. Augsten, B. Bergmann, T. Billoud, M. Havránek, Z. Hubáček, P. Jačka, S. Mondal, M. Myška, L. Novotný, V. Petousis, R. Polifka, S. Pospíšil, K. Smolek, A. Sopczak, V. Vacek, P. Vokáč, V. Vrba, O. Zaplatílek
DOIDOI
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)040
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023, 2023(7), ISSN 1029-8479.
RokYear
2023
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001062395700001
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85164470881
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/23:00372982!RIV24-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Centrum pokročilých aplikovaných přírodních vědCenter for advanced applied sciences; CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026)CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026)

AbstraktAbstract

A search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two b-jets and two tau -leptons is presented, using a proton-proton collision dataset with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb(-1) collected at root s = 13TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Higgs boson pairs produced non-resonantly or in the decay of a narrow scalar resonance in the mass range from 251 to 1600 GeV are targeted. Events in which at least one tau-lepton decays hadronically are considered, and multivariate discriminants are used to reject the backgrounds. No significant excess of events above the expected background is observed in the non-resonant search. The largest excess in the resonant search is observed at a resonance mass of 1 TeV, with a local (global) significance of 3.1 sigma (2.0 sigma). Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at 4.7 (3.9) times the Standard Model prediction, assuming Standard Model kinematics, and on the resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at between 21 and 900 fb (12 and 840 fb), depending on the mass of the narrow scalar resonance.

A search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two b-jets and two tau -leptons is presented, using a proton-proton collision dataset with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb(-1) collected at root s = 13TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Higgs boson pairs produced non-resonantly or in the decay of a narrow scalar resonance in the mass range from 251 to 1600 GeV are targeted. Events in which at least one tau-lepton decays hadronically are considered, and multivariate discriminants are used to reject the backgrounds. No significant excess of events above the expected background is observed in the non-resonant search. The largest excess in the resonant search is observed at a resonance mass of 1 TeV, with a local (global) significance of 3.1 sigma (2.0 sigma). Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at 4.7 (3.9) times the Standard Model prediction, assuming Standard Model kinematics, and on the resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at between 21 and 900 fb (12 and 840 fb), depending on the mass of the narrow scalar resonance.