A first search is reported for a standard model Higgs boson (H) that is produced through vector boson fusion and decays to a bottom-quark pair. Two data samples, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.8fb-1 and 18.3fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at s=8TeV were selected for this channel at the CERN LHC. The observed significance in these data samples for a H→bb¯ signal at a mass of 125 GeV is 2.2 standard deviations, while the expected significance is 0.8 standard deviations. The fitted signal strength μ=σ/σSM=2.8-1.4+1.6. The combination of this result with other CMS searches for the Higgs boson decaying to a b-quark pair yields a signal strength of 1.0±0.4, corresponding to a signal significance of 2.6 standard deviations for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV.

Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2015). Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced through vector boson fusion and decaying to bb¯. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 92(3) [10.1103/PhysRevD.92.032008].

Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced through vector boson fusion and decaying to bb¯

DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;FIORENDI, SARA;GEROSA, RAFFAELE ANGELO;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;GOVONI, PIETRO;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MARZOCCHI, BADDER;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;De Guio, F.;Lucchini, M. T.;
2015

Abstract

A first search is reported for a standard model Higgs boson (H) that is produced through vector boson fusion and decays to a bottom-quark pair. Two data samples, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.8fb-1 and 18.3fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at s=8TeV were selected for this channel at the CERN LHC. The observed significance in these data samples for a H→bb¯ signal at a mass of 125 GeV is 2.2 standard deviations, while the expected significance is 0.8 standard deviations. The fitted signal strength μ=σ/σSM=2.8-1.4+1.6. The combination of this result with other CMS searches for the Higgs boson decaying to a b-quark pair yields a signal strength of 1.0±0.4, corresponding to a signal significance of 2.6 standard deviations for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV.
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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2015
92
3
032008
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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2015). Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced through vector boson fusion and decaying to bb¯. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 92(3) [10.1103/PhysRevD.92.032008].
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