Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of T-leptons in proton-proton collisions at vs =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A measurement of production cross sections of the Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions is presented in the H→ττ decay channel. The analysis is performed using 36.1 fb−1 of data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. All combinations...

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Hauptverfasser: Aaboud, Morad (Verfasst von) , Anders, Christoph (Verfasst von) , Andrei, George Victor (Verfasst von) , Antel, Claire (Verfasst von) , Baas, Alessandra Edda (Verfasst von) , Bolz, Arthur (Verfasst von) , Brandt, Oleg (Verfasst von) , Britzger, Daniel (Verfasst von) , Djuvsland, Julia Isabell (Verfasst von) , Dunford, Monica (Verfasst von) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Verfasst von) , Franchino, Silvia (Verfasst von) , Geisler, Manuel Patrice (Verfasst von) , Giulini, Maddalena (Verfasst von) , Hanke, Paul (Verfasst von) , Jongmanns, Jan (Verfasst von) , Kolb, Mathis (Verfasst von) , Kugel, Andreas (Verfasst von) , Lisovyi, Mykhailo (Verfasst von) , Meyer zu Theenhausen, Hanno (Verfasst von) , Napolitano, Fabrizio (Verfasst von) , Narrias Villar, Daniel Isaac (Verfasst von) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Verfasst von) , Schöning, André (Verfasst von) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Verfasst von) , Spieker, Thomas (Verfasst von) , Stamen, Rainer (Verfasst von) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Verfasst von) , Suchek, Stanislav (Verfasst von) , Wang, Jike (Verfasst von) , Weber, Sebastian (Verfasst von) , Wessels, Martin (Verfasst von) , Yue, Xiaoguang (Verfasst von)
Körperschaft: ATLAS Collaboration (Verfasst von)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 10 April 2019
In: Physical review
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 99, Heft: 7
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001
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Zusammenfassung:A measurement of production cross sections of the Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions is presented in the H→ττ decay channel. The analysis is performed using 36.1 fb−1 of data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. All combinations of leptonic (τ→ℓv¯v with ℓ=e,μ) and hadronic (τ→hadrons v) τ decays are considered. The H→ττ signal over the expected background from other Standard Model processes is established with an observed (expected) significance of 4.4 (4.1) standard deviations. Combined with results obtained using data taken at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies, the observed (expected) significance amounts to 6.4 (5.4) standard deviations and constitutes an observation of H→ττ decays. Using the data taken at √s=13 TeV, the total cross section in the H→ττ decay channel is measured to be 3.77+0.60−0.59 (stat) +0.87−0.74 (syst) pb, for a Higgs boson of mass 125 GeV assuming the relative contributions of its production modes as predicted by the Standard Model. Total cross sections in the H→ττ decay channel are determined separately for vector-boson-fusion production and gluon-gluon-fusion production to be σVBFH→ττ=0.28±0.09 (stat) +0.11−0.09 (syst) pb and σggFH→ττ=3.1±1.0 (stat) +1.6−1.3 (syst) pb, respectively. Similarly, results of a fit are reported in the framework of simplified template cross sections. All measurements are in agreement with Standard Model expectations.
Beschreibung:ATLAS Collaboration: M. Aaboud, C. Anders, G.V. Andrei, C. Antel, A.E. Baas, A. Bolz, O. Brandt, D. Britzger, J.I. Djuvsland, M. Dunford, D.E. Ferreira de Lima, S. Franchino, M.P. Geisler, M. Giulini, P. Hanke, J. Jongmanns, M. Kolb, A. Kugel, M. Lisovyi, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, F. Napolitano, D.I. Narrias Villar, M. Sahinsoy, A. Schöning, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, T. Spieker, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, J. Wang, S. Weber, M. Wessels, X. Yue [und weitere]
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Beschreibung:Online Resource
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072001