Search for Higgs Boson Pair Production in the γγbb¯ Final State Using pp Collision Data at √s = 8 TeV from the ATLAS Detector

Searches are performed for resonant and nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in the γγbb¯ final state using 20 fb<sup>-1</sup> of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. A 95% confidence level upp...

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Autores principales: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián, Dova, María Teresa, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
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Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86840
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Sumario:Searches are performed for resonant and nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in the γγbb¯ final state using 20 fb<sup>-1</sup> of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. A 95% confidence level upper limit on the cross section times branching ratio of nonresonant production is set at 2.2 pb, while the expected limit is 1.0 pb. The difference derives from a modest excess of events, corresponding to 2.4 standard deviations from the background-only hypothesis. The limit observed in the search for a narrow X→hh resonance ranges between 0.7 and 3.5 pb as a function of the resonance mass.