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Search for an additional, heavy Higgs boson in the H→ZZ decay channel at √s=8 TeV in pp collision data with the ATLAS detector

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In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 76, No. 1, 45, 25.01.2016.

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for an additional, heavy Higgs boson in the H→ZZ decay channel at √s=8 TeV in pp collision data with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2016 Jan 25;76(1):45. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3820-z

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title = "Search for an additional, heavy Higgs boson in the H→ZZ decay channel at √s=8 TeV in pp collision data with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search is presented for a high-mass Higgs boson in the H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−ℓ+ℓ−, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−νν¯, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−qq¯, and H→ZZ→νν¯qq¯ decay modes using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The results of the search are interpreted in the scenario of a heavy Higgs boson with a width that is small compared with the experimental mass resolution. The Higgs boson mass range considered extends up to 1 TeV for all four decay modes and down to as low as 140 GeV, depending on the decay mode. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model prediction is found. A simultaneous fit to the four decay modes yields upper limits on the production cross-section of a heavy Higgs boson times the branching ratio to Z boson pairs. 95 % confidence level upper limits range from 0.53 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.008 pb at mH=950 GeV for the gluon-fusion production mode and from 0.31 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.009 pb at mH=950 GeV for the vector-boson-fusion production mode. The results are also interpreted in the context of Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs-doublet models.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Harvey Maddocks and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Barton, Adam Edward

AU - Beattie, Michael

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Maddocks, Harvey

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

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N2 - A search is presented for a high-mass Higgs boson in the H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−ℓ+ℓ−, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−νν¯, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−qq¯, and H→ZZ→νν¯qq¯ decay modes using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The results of the search are interpreted in the scenario of a heavy Higgs boson with a width that is small compared with the experimental mass resolution. The Higgs boson mass range considered extends up to 1 TeV for all four decay modes and down to as low as 140 GeV, depending on the decay mode. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model prediction is found. A simultaneous fit to the four decay modes yields upper limits on the production cross-section of a heavy Higgs boson times the branching ratio to Z boson pairs. 95 % confidence level upper limits range from 0.53 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.008 pb at mH=950 GeV for the gluon-fusion production mode and from 0.31 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.009 pb at mH=950 GeV for the vector-boson-fusion production mode. The results are also interpreted in the context of Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs-doublet models.

AB - A search is presented for a high-mass Higgs boson in the H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−ℓ+ℓ−, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−νν¯, H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−qq¯, and H→ZZ→νν¯qq¯ decay modes using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The results of the search are interpreted in the scenario of a heavy Higgs boson with a width that is small compared with the experimental mass resolution. The Higgs boson mass range considered extends up to 1 TeV for all four decay modes and down to as low as 140 GeV, depending on the decay mode. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model prediction is found. A simultaneous fit to the four decay modes yields upper limits on the production cross-section of a heavy Higgs boson times the branching ratio to Z boson pairs. 95 % confidence level upper limits range from 0.53 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.008 pb at mH=950 GeV for the gluon-fusion production mode and from 0.31 pb at mH=195 GeV to 0.009 pb at mH=950 GeV for the vector-boson-fusion production mode. The results are also interpreted in the context of Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs-doublet models.

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DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3820-z

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JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

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