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Search for Higgs boson decays into a pair of light bosons in the bbμμ final state in pp collision at √s=13TeV with the ATLAS detector

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In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 790, 10.03.2019, p. 1-21.

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Collaboration ATLAS, Barton AE, Bertram IA, Borissov G, Bouhova -Thacker EV, Burke S et al. Search for Higgs boson decays into a pair of light bosons in the bbμμ final state in pp collision at √s=13TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B. 2019 Mar 10;790:1-21. Epub 2018 Oct 21. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.073

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abstract = "A search for decays of the Higgs boson into a pair of new spin -zero particles, H→aa, where the a -bosons decay into a b -quark pair and a muon pair, is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at s=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the branching ratio (σH/σSM)×B(H→aa→bbμμ), ranging from 1.2×10−4 to 8.4×10−4 in the a -boson mass range of 20–60 GeV. Model -independent limits are set on the visible production cross -section times the branching ratio to the bbμμ final state for new physics, σvis(X)×B(X→bbμμ), ranging from 0.1 fb to 0.73 fb for mμμ between 18 and 62 GeV. {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author",
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AU - Collaboration, ATLAS

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Bertram, I.A.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova -Thacker, E.V.

AU - Burke, S.

AU - Cao, Y.

AU - Catmore, J.R.

AU - Dewhurst, A.

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Grimm, K.

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Hunter, R.F.H.

AU - Janssen, J.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Kim, Y.K.

AU - Long, R.E.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Ma, Y.

AU - Meng, X.T.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Price, D.

AU - Ruan, X.

AU - Saito, T.

AU - Sen, S.

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Solovyev, V.

AU - Sopczak, A.

AU - Tee, A.S.

AU - Walder, J.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

AU - Whitmore, B.W.

AU - Yamazaki, Y.

AU - Ye, S.

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N2 - A search for decays of the Higgs boson into a pair of new spin -zero particles, H→aa, where the a -bosons decay into a b -quark pair and a muon pair, is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at s=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the branching ratio (σH/σSM)×B(H→aa→bbμμ), ranging from 1.2×10−4 to 8.4×10−4 in the a -boson mass range of 20–60 GeV. Model -independent limits are set on the visible production cross -section times the branching ratio to the bbμμ final state for new physics, σvis(X)×B(X→bbμμ), ranging from 0.1 fb to 0.73 fb for mμμ between 18 and 62 GeV. © 2018 The Author

AB - A search for decays of the Higgs boson into a pair of new spin -zero particles, H→aa, where the a -bosons decay into a b -quark pair and a muon pair, is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at s=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the branching ratio (σH/σSM)×B(H→aa→bbμμ), ranging from 1.2×10−4 to 8.4×10−4 in the a -boson mass range of 20–60 GeV. Model -independent limits are set on the visible production cross -section times the branching ratio to the bbμμ final state for new physics, σvis(X)×B(X→bbμμ), ranging from 0.1 fb to 0.73 fb for mμμ between 18 and 62 GeV. © 2018 The Author

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DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.073

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SP - 1

EP - 21

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JF - Physics Letters B

SN - 0370-2693

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