A search for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into a pair of τ leptons is performed using events recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011 and 2012. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV and 19.7fb-1 at 8TeV. Each τ lepton decays hadronically or leptonically to an electron or a muon, leading to six different final states for the τ-lepton pair, all considered in this analysis. An excess of events is observed over the expected background contributions, with a local significance larger than 3 standard deviations for mH values between 115 and 130 GeV. The best fit of the observed H → ττ signal cross section times branching fraction for mH = 125 GeV is 0.78±0.27 times the standard model expectation. These observations constitute evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons.

Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2014). Evidence for the 125 gev higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(5) [10.1007/JHEP05(2014)104].

Evidence for the 125 gev higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;FIORENDI, SARA;GENNAI, STEFANO;GEROSA, RAFFAELE ANGELO;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;GOVONI, PIETRO;LUCCHINI, MARCO TOLIMAN;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MARTELLI, ARABELLA;MARZOCCHI, BADDER;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;Branca, A;De Guio, F;Massironi, A;
2014

Abstract

A search for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into a pair of τ leptons is performed using events recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011 and 2012. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV and 19.7fb-1 at 8TeV. Each τ lepton decays hadronically or leptonically to an electron or a muon, leading to six different final states for the τ-lepton pair, all considered in this analysis. An excess of events is observed over the expected background contributions, with a local significance larger than 3 standard deviations for mH values between 115 and 130 GeV. The best fit of the observed H → ττ signal cross section times branching fraction for mH = 125 GeV is 0.78±0.27 times the standard model expectation. These observations constitute evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons.
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Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Higgs physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
English
2014
2014
5
104
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Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2014). Evidence for the 125 gev higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(5) [10.1007/JHEP05(2014)104].
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