A search is presented for the Higgs boson off-shell production in gluon fusion and vector boson fusion processes with the Higgs boson decaying into a W+W− pair and the W bosons decaying leptonically. The data observed in this analysis are used to constrain the Higgs boson total decay width. The analysis is based on the data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 4.9 fb−1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and 19.4 fb−1 at 8 TeV, respectively. An observed (expected) upper limit on the off-shell Higgs boson event yield normalised to the standard model prediction of 2.4 (6.2) is obtained at the 95% CL for the gluon fusion process and of 19.3 (34.4) for the vector boson fusion process. Observed and expected limits on the total width of 26 and 66 MeV are found, respectively, at the 95% confidence level (CL). These limits are combined with the previous result in the ZZ channel leading to observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on the width of 13 and 26 MeV, respectively.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2016). Search for Higgs boson off-shell production in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV and derivation of constraints on its total decay width. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2016(9) [10.1007/JHEP09(2016)051].

Search for Higgs boson off-shell production in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV and derivation of constraints on its total decay width

Brianza, L.;Dinardo, M. E.;Fiorendi, S.;Gerosa, R.;Ghezzi, A.;Govoni, P.;Manzoni, R. A.;Marzocchi, B.;Moroni, L.;Paganoni, M.;Pigazzini, S.;Ragazzi, S.;de Fatis, T. Tabarelli;De Guio, F.;Lucchini, M. T.;
2016

Abstract

A search is presented for the Higgs boson off-shell production in gluon fusion and vector boson fusion processes with the Higgs boson decaying into a W+W− pair and the W bosons decaying leptonically. The data observed in this analysis are used to constrain the Higgs boson total decay width. The analysis is based on the data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 4.9 fb−1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and 19.4 fb−1 at 8 TeV, respectively. An observed (expected) upper limit on the off-shell Higgs boson event yield normalised to the standard model prediction of 2.4 (6.2) is obtained at the 95% CL for the gluon fusion process and of 19.3 (34.4) for the vector boson fusion process. Observed and expected limits on the total width of 26 and 66 MeV are found, respectively, at the 95% confidence level (CL). These limits are combined with the previous result in the ZZ channel leading to observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on the width of 13 and 26 MeV, respectively.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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2016
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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2016). Search for Higgs boson off-shell production in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV and derivation of constraints on its total decay width. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2016(9) [10.1007/JHEP09(2016)051].
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