Search for a non-standard-model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of new light bosons in four-muon final states

Results are reported from a search for non-standard-model Higgs boson decays to pairs of new light bosons, each of which decays into the μ+μ− final state. The new bosons may be produced either promptly or via a decay chain. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 fb−1 of proton–p...

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Autores: Chatrchyan, Serguei, Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés|||0000-0003-2093-7856, Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban|||0000-0002-0367-4022, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Chuang, S. H., Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Felcini, Marta, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, González Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Graziano, Alberto, Jordá Lope, Clara, López Virto, María Amparo, Marco de Lucas, Jesús|||0000-0001-7914-8494, Marco de Lucas, Rafael José, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Muñoz Sánchez, Francisca Javiela, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Rodríguez Marrero, Ana Yaiza, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío|||0000-0003-2045-8054
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/25714
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/25714
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:LHC
CMS
Higgs
Supersymmetry
NMSSM
Muons
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Sumario:Results are reported from a search for non-standard-model Higgs boson decays to pairs of new light bosons, each of which decays into the μ+μ− final state. The new bosons may be produced either promptly or via a decay chain. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011. Such Higgs boson decays are predicted in several scenarios of new physics, including supersymmetric models with extended Higgs sectors or hidden valleys. Thus, the results of the search are relevant for establishing whether the new particle observed in Higgs boson searches at the LHC has the properties expected for a standard model Higgs boson. No excess of events is observed with respect to the yields expected from standard model processes. A model-independent upper limit of 0.86 ± 0.06 fb on the product of the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance is obtained. The results, which are applicable to a broad spectrum of new physics scenarios, are compared with the predictions of two benchmark models as functions of a Higgs boson mass larger than 86 GeV/c2 and of a new light boson mass within the range 0.25–3.55 GeV/c2.

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