Measurement of the production cross section of a Higgs boson with large transverse momentum in its decays to a pair of τ leptons in proton-proton collisions at √ = 13 TeV

A measurement of the production cross section of a Higgs boson with transverse momentum greater than 250 GeV is presented where the Higgs boson decays to a pair of τ leptons. It is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13...

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Authors: Hayrapetyan, A., Bhowmik, Sandeep, Blanco Fernández, Sergio, Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés|||0000-0003-2093-7856, Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Ibán, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, Lasaosa García, Clara, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo|||0000-0002-7737-5121, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Matorras Cuevas, Pablo|||0000-0001-7481-7273, Navarrete Ramos, Efrén|||0000-0002-5180-4020, Piedra Gómez, Jonatan|||0000-0002-9157-1700, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Vila Álvarez, Iván|||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vizán García, Jesús Manuel|||0000-0002-6823-8854
Format: article
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/34280
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/34280
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:CMS
Higgs boson
Tau lepton
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Summary:A measurement of the production cross section of a Higgs boson with transverse momentum greater than 250 GeV is presented where the Higgs boson decays to a pair of τ leptons. It is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−¹. Because of the large transverse momentum of the Higgs boson the τ leptons from its decays are boosted and produced spatially close, with their decay products overlapping. Therefore, a dedicated algorithm was developed to reconstruct and identify them. The observed (expected) significance of the measured signal with respect to the standard model background-only hypothesis is 3.5 (2.2) standard deviations. The product of the production cross section and branching fraction is measured to be 1.64+⁰.⁶⁸−₀.₅₄ times the standard model expectation. The fiducial differential production cross section is also measured as functions of the Higgs boson and leading jet transverse momenta. This measurement extends the probed large-transverse-momentum region in the ττ final state beyond 600 GeV.

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