Search for Higgs boson pair production in the γγb¯b final state with 13TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment

A search is performed for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the γγb¯b final state. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Col...

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Autores: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Arduh, Francisco Anuar, Dova, María Teresa, Hoya, Joaquín, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/82841
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82841
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
Higgs boson
Higgs physics
hadron-hadron scattering
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Sumario:A search is performed for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the γγb¯b final state. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess relative to the Standard Model expectation is observed. The observed limit on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair cross-section is 0.73 pb at 95% confidence level. This observed limit is equivalent to 22 times the predicted Standard Model cross-section. The Higgs boson self-coupling (κλ = λHHH/λSM HHH) is constrained at 95% confidence level to −8.2 < κλ < 13.2. For resonant Higgs boson pair production through X → HH → γγb¯b, the limit is presented, using the narrow-width approximation, as a function of mX in the range 260 GeV < mX < 1000 GeV. The observed limits range from 1.1 pb to 0.12 pb over this mass range.