Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS

A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb -1 (20.3 fb -1 ) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS exp...

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spelling todo:paper_00319007_v112_n20_p_Aad2023-10-03T14:42:30Z Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS Aad, G. Colliding beam accelerators Electric breakdown Galaxies Tellurium compounds ATLAS experiment Branching ratio Confidence levels Large Hadron Collider Neutral Higgs bosons Particle decay Scattering cross section The standard model Bosons A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb -1 (20.3 fb -1 ) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Assuming the standard model rate for ZH production, an upper limit of 75%, at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio to invisible-particle decay modes of the Higgs boson at a mass of 125.5 GeV. The limit on the branching ratio is also interpreted in terms of an upper limit on the allowed dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section within a Higgs-portal dark matter scenario. Within the constraints of such a scenario, the results presented in this Letter provide the strongest available limits for low-mass dark matter candidates. Limits are also set on an additional neutral Higgs boson, in the mass range 110 <mH <400 GeV, produced in association with a Z boson and decaying to invisible particles. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00319007_v112_n20_p_Aad
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topic Colliding beam accelerators
Electric breakdown
Galaxies
Tellurium compounds
ATLAS experiment
Branching ratio
Confidence levels
Large Hadron Collider
Neutral Higgs bosons
Particle decay
Scattering cross section
The standard model
Bosons
spellingShingle Colliding beam accelerators
Electric breakdown
Galaxies
Tellurium compounds
ATLAS experiment
Branching ratio
Confidence levels
Large Hadron Collider
Neutral Higgs bosons
Particle decay
Scattering cross section
The standard model
Bosons
Aad, G.
Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
topic_facet Colliding beam accelerators
Electric breakdown
Galaxies
Tellurium compounds
ATLAS experiment
Branching ratio
Confidence levels
Large Hadron Collider
Neutral Higgs bosons
Particle decay
Scattering cross section
The standard model
Bosons
description A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb -1 (20.3 fb -1 ) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Assuming the standard model rate for ZH production, an upper limit of 75%, at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio to invisible-particle decay modes of the Higgs boson at a mass of 125.5 GeV. The limit on the branching ratio is also interpreted in terms of an upper limit on the allowed dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section within a Higgs-portal dark matter scenario. Within the constraints of such a scenario, the results presented in this Letter provide the strongest available limits for low-mass dark matter candidates. Limits are also set on an additional neutral Higgs boson, in the mass range 110 <mH <400 GeV, produced in association with a Z boson and decaying to invisible particles.
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author Aad, G.
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title Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
title_short Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
title_full Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
title_fullStr Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
title_full_unstemmed Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in ATLAS
title_sort search for invisible decays of a higgs boson produced in association with a z boson in atlas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00319007_v112_n20_p_Aad
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