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Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector

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Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2023, No. 7, 40, 05.07.2023.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2023, 'Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2023, no. 7, 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)040

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The ATLAS collaboration (2023). Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(7), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)040

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023 Jul 5;2023(7):40. doi: 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)040

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023 ; Vol. 2023, No. 7.

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title = "Search for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯ τ+τ− decay channel using 13 TeV pp collision data from the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two b-jets and two τ-leptons is presented, using a proton–proton collision dataset with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected at s√ = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Higgs boson pairs produced non-resonantly or in the decay of a narrow scalar resonance in the mass range from 251 to 1600 GeV are targeted. Events in which at least one τ-lepton decays hadronically are considered, and multivariate discriminants are used to reject the backgrounds. No significant excess of events above the expected background is observed in the non-resonant search. The largest excess in the resonant search is observed at a resonance mass of 1 TeV, with a local (global) significance of 3.1σ (2.0σ). Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at 4.7 (3.9) times the Standard Model prediction, assuming Standard Model kinematics, and on the resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at between 21 and 900 fb (12 and 840 fb), depending on the mass of the narrow scalar resonance.",
author = "{The ATLAS collaboration} and A.E. Barton and I.A. Bertram and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and H. Fox and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and P.A. Love and D. Muenstermann and Izaac Sanderswood and M. Smizanska and A.M. Wharton and Melissa Yexley",
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AU - The ATLAS collaboration

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Bertram, I.A.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Sanderswood, Izaac

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

AU - Yexley, Melissa

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N2 - A search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two b-jets and two τ-leptons is presented, using a proton–proton collision dataset with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected at s√ = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Higgs boson pairs produced non-resonantly or in the decay of a narrow scalar resonance in the mass range from 251 to 1600 GeV are targeted. Events in which at least one τ-lepton decays hadronically are considered, and multivariate discriminants are used to reject the backgrounds. No significant excess of events above the expected background is observed in the non-resonant search. The largest excess in the resonant search is observed at a resonance mass of 1 TeV, with a local (global) significance of 3.1σ (2.0σ). Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at 4.7 (3.9) times the Standard Model prediction, assuming Standard Model kinematics, and on the resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at between 21 and 900 fb (12 and 840 fb), depending on the mass of the narrow scalar resonance.

AB - A search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two b-jets and two τ-leptons is presented, using a proton–proton collision dataset with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected at s√ = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Higgs boson pairs produced non-resonantly or in the decay of a narrow scalar resonance in the mass range from 251 to 1600 GeV are targeted. Events in which at least one τ-lepton decays hadronically are considered, and multivariate discriminants are used to reject the backgrounds. No significant excess of events above the expected background is observed in the non-resonant search. The largest excess in the resonant search is observed at a resonance mass of 1 TeV, with a local (global) significance of 3.1σ (2.0σ). Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at 4.7 (3.9) times the Standard Model prediction, assuming Standard Model kinematics, and on the resonant Higgs boson pair-production cross-section at between 21 and 900 fb (12 and 840 fb), depending on the mass of the narrow scalar resonance.

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DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)040

M3 - Journal article

VL - 2023

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

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