Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector

We report the observation of Higgs boson decays to WW∗based on an excess over background of 6.1 standard deviations in the dilepton final state, where the Standard Model expectation is 5.8 standard deviations. Evidence for the vector-boson fusion (VBF) production process is obtained with a significa...

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Autores principales: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián, Arduh, Francisco Anuar, Dova, María Teresa, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86801
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topic Física
Collisions
Jets
Proton–proton collisions
spellingShingle Física
Collisions
Jets
Proton–proton collisions
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
topic_facet Física
Collisions
Jets
Proton–proton collisions
description We report the observation of Higgs boson decays to WW∗based on an excess over background of 6.1 standard deviations in the dilepton final state, where the Standard Model expectation is 5.8 standard deviations. Evidence for the vector-boson fusion (VBF) production process is obtained with a significance of 3.2 standard deviations. The results are obtained from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 25 fb-1from √s = 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For a Higgs boson mass of 125.36 GeV, the ratio of the measured value to the expected value of the total production cross section times branching fraction is 1.09+0.16 -0.15(stat)+0.17 -0.14(syst). The corresponding ratios for the gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion production mechanisms are 1.02 ± 0.19(stat)+0.22 -0.18(syst) and 1.27+0.44 -0.40(stat)+0.30 -0.21(syst), respectively. At √s = 8 TeV, the total production cross sections are measured to be σ(gg→H→WW∗)=4.6±0.9(stat)+0.8 -0.7(syst) pb and σ(VBF H → WW∗)=0.51+0.17 -0.15(stat)+0.13 -0.08(syst)pb. The fiducial cross section is determined for the gluon-fusion process in exclusive final states with zero or one associated jet.
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author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_sort Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
title Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
title_short Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
title_full Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗with the ATLAS detector
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publishDate 2015
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86801
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