Combination of searches for invisible decays of the Higgs boson using 139 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=13 TeV collected with the ATLAS experiment

Many extensions of the Standard Model predict the production of dark matter particles at the LHC. Sufficiently light dark matter particles may be produced in decays of the Higgs boson that would appear invisible to the detector. This Letter presents a statistical combination of searches for H→invisi...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Castillo, Florencia Luciana (Author) , Czurylo, Marta (Author) , Rio, Fernando del (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Junkermann, Thomas (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , Rassloff, Damir Fabrice (Author) , Rodriguez Bosca, Sergi (Author) , Sauer, Christof (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Sothilingam, Varsiha (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Zinßer, Joachim (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 10 July 2023
In: Physics letters
Year: 2023, Volume: 842, Pages: 1-19
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137963
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137963
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323002976
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Author Notes:the Atlas Collaboration: G. Aad, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, F.L. Castillo, M.M. Czurylo, F. Del Rio, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, M. Klassen, T. Mkrtchyan, P.S. Ott, D.F. Rassloff, S. Rodriguez Bosca, C. Sauer, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, V. Sothilingam, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, J. Zinsser ... [und 2852 weitere]
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Summary:Many extensions of the Standard Model predict the production of dark matter particles at the LHC. Sufficiently light dark matter particles may be produced in decays of the Higgs boson that would appear invisible to the detector. This Letter presents a statistical combination of searches for H→invisible decays where multiple production modes of the Standard Model Higgs boson are considered. These searches are performed with the ATLAS detector using 139 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of Image 1 at the LHC. In combination with the results at Image 2 and Image 3, an upper limit on the H→invisible branching ratio of 0.107 (0.077) at the 95% confidence level is observed (expected). These results are also interpreted in the context of models where the 125 GeV Higgs boson acts as a portal to dark matter, and limits are set on the scattering cross-section of weakly interacting massive particles and nucleons.
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137963