A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W-boson pair at the LHC is reported. The event sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1 and 19.4 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector in pp collisions at √ s = 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. The Higgs boson candidates are selected in events with two or three charged leptons. An excess of events above background is observed, consistent with the expectation from the standard model Higgs boson with a mass of around 125 GeV. The probability to observe an excess equal or larger than the one seen, under the background-only hypothesis, corresponds to a significance of 4.3 standard deviations for m H = 125.6 GeV. The observed signal cross section times the branching fraction to WW for m H = 125.6 GeV is 0.72-0.18 +0.20 times the standard model expectation. The spin-parity J P = 0+ hypothesis is favored against a narrow resonance with J P = 2+ or J P = 0- that decays to a W-boson pair. This result provides strong evidence for a Higgs-like boson decaying to a W-boson pair. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2014 Cern for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.

Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2014). Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(1) [10.1007/JHEP01(2014)096].

Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

BENAGLIA, ANDREA DAVIDE;DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;FIORENDI, SARA;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;GOVONI, PIETRO;LUCCHINI, MARCO TOLIMAN;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MARTELLI, ARABELLA;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;Branca, A;De Guio, F;
2014

Abstract

A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W-boson pair at the LHC is reported. The event sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1 and 19.4 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector in pp collisions at √ s = 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. The Higgs boson candidates are selected in events with two or three charged leptons. An excess of events above background is observed, consistent with the expectation from the standard model Higgs boson with a mass of around 125 GeV. The probability to observe an excess equal or larger than the one seen, under the background-only hypothesis, corresponds to a significance of 4.3 standard deviations for m H = 125.6 GeV. The observed signal cross section times the branching fraction to WW for m H = 125.6 GeV is 0.72-0.18 +0.20 times the standard model expectation. The spin-parity J P = 0+ hypothesis is favored against a narrow resonance with J P = 2+ or J P = 0- that decays to a W-boson pair. This result provides strong evidence for a Higgs-like boson decaying to a W-boson pair. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2014 Cern for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Higgs physics;
Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Higgs physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
English
2014
2014
1
96
open
Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2014). Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(1) [10.1007/JHEP01(2014)096].
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
unpaywall-bitstream-1944623477.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia di allegato: Publisher’s Version (Version of Record, VoR)
Licenza: Creative Commons
Dimensione 1.56 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.56 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/70144
Citazioni
  • Scopus 195
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 210
Social impact