Measurement of the VH,H → ττ process with the ATLAS detector at 13 TeV
A measurement of the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson and decaying into a pair of τ-leptons is presented. This search is based on proton-proton collision data collected at s=13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Language: | English |
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August 2024
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Physics letters
Year: 2024, Volume: 855, Pages: 1-28 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138817 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138817 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324003757 |
| Author Notes: | The ATLAS Collaboration |
| Summary: | A measurement of the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson and decaying into a pair of τ-leptons is presented. This search is based on proton-proton collision data collected at s=13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. For the Higgs boson candidate, only final states with at least one τ-lepton decaying hadronically (τ→hadrons+ντ) are considered. For the vector bosons, only leptonic decay channels are considered: Z→ℓℓ and W→ℓνℓ, with ℓ=e,μ. An excess of events over the expected background is found with an observed (expected) significance of 4.2 (3.6) standard deviations, providing evidence of the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson and decaying into a pair of τ-leptons. The ratio of the measured cross-section to the Standard Model prediction is μVHττ=1.28−0.29+0.30(stat.)−0.21+0.25(syst.). This result represents the most accurate measurement of the VH(ττ) process achieved to date. |
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| Item Description: | The ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, Marta Czurylo, F. Del Rio, S.J. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, T. Junkermann, 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 viele weitere] Gesehen am 10.10.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138817 |