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Search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into bb¯ produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Article number160
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>27/05/2016
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of High Energy Physics
Issue number5
Number of pages51
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A search for Higgs boson production in association with a pair of top quarks (tt¯H) is performed, where the Higgs boson decays to bb¯, and both top quarks decay hadronically. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The search selects events with at least six energetic jets and uses a boosted decision tree algorithm to discriminate between signal and Standard Model background. The dominant multijet background is estimated using a dedicated data-driven technique. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an upper limit of 6.4 (5.4) times the Standard Model cross section is observed (expected) at 95% confidence level. The best-fit value for the signal strength is μ = 1.6 ± 2.6 times the Standard Model expectation for m H = 125 GeV. Combining all tt¯H searches carried out by ATLAS at √s=8 and 7 TeV, an observed (expected) upper limit of 3.1 (1.4) times the Standard Model expectation is obtained at 95% confidence level, with a signal strength μ = 1.7 ± 0.8.

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Open Access, Copyright CERN, for the benefit of the ATLAS Collaboration. Article funded by SCOAP3. Date of Acceptance: 13/05/2016. Evidence of Acceptance on Publisher PDF