@article{OPUS4-15009,
  title     = {Search for direct pair production of a chargino and a neutralino decaying to the 125 GeV Higgs boson in \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  volume    = {75},
  journal   = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  number    = {5},
  organization    = {ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3408-7},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150099},
  pages     = {208},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {A search is presented for the direct pair production of a chargino and a neutralino pp → \(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{±}_{1}\)\(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{0}_{2}\), where the chargino decays to the lightest neutralino and the W boson, \(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{±}_{1}\)→\(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{0}_{1}\)(W\(^{±}\)→ℓ\(^{±}\)ν), while the neutralino decays to the lightest neutralino and the 125 GeV Higgs boson, \(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{0}_{2}\)→\(\tilde{χ}\)\(^{0}_{1}\)(h→bb/γγ/ℓ\(^{±}\)νqq). The final states considered for the search have large missing transverse momentum, an isolated electron or muon, and one of the following: either two jets identified as originating from bottom quarks, or two photons, or a second electron or muon with the same electric charge. The analysis is based on 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV proton-proton collision data delivered by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded with the ATLAS detector. Observations are consistent with the Standard Model expectations, and limits are set in the context of a simplified supersymmetric model.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-15019,
  title     = {Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into b\(\overline{b}\) in pp collisions at \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  volume    = {75},
  journal   = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  number    = {7},
  organization    = {ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3543-1},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150197},
  pages     = {349},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair, t\(\overline{t}\)H, is presented. The analysis uses 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\) of pp collision data at \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV, collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during 2012. The search is designed for the H→b\(\overline{b}\) decay mode and uses events containing one or two electrons or muons. In order to improve the sensitivity of the search, events are categorised according to their jet and b-tagged jet multiplicities. A neural network is used to discriminate between signal and background events, the latter being dominated by t\(\overline{t}\)+jets production. In the single-lepton channel, variables calculated using a matrix element method are included as inputs to the neural network to improve discrimination of the irreducible t\(\overline{t}\)+b\(\overline{b}\) background. No significant excess of events above the background expectation is found and an observed (expected) limit of 3.4 (2.2) times the Standard Model cross section is obtained at 95 \% confidence level. The ratio of the measured t\(\overline{t}\)H signal cross section to the Standard Model expectation is found to be μ = 1.5 ± 1.1 assuming a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-14982,
  title     = {Identification and energy calibration of hadronically decaying tau leptons with the ATLAS experiment in pp collisions at \(\sqrt {s}\)=8 TeV},
  series = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  volume    = {75},
  journal   = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  number    = {7},
  organization    = {ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3500-z},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-149829},
  pages     = {303},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {This paper describes the trigger and offline reconstruction, identification and energy calibration algorithms for hadronic decays of tau leptons employed for the data collected from pp collisions in 2012 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC center-of-mass energy \(\sqrt {s}\)=8 TeV. The performance of these algorithms is measured in most cases with Z decays to tau leptons using the full 2012 dataset, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\). An uncertainty on the offline reconstructed tau energy scale of 2-4 \%, depending on transverse energy and pseudorapidity, is achieved using two independent methods. The offline tau identification efficiency is measured with a precision of 2.5 \% for hadronically decaying tau leptons with one associated track, and of 4 \% for the case of three associated tracks, inclusive in pseudorapidity and for a visible transverse energy greater than 20 GeV. For hadronic tau lepton decays selected by offline algorithms, the tau trigger identification efficiency is measured with a precision of 2-8 \%, depending on the transverse energy. The performance of the tau algorithms, both offline and at the trigger level, is found to be stable with respect to the number of concurrent proton-proton interactions and has supported a variety of physics results using hadronically decaying tau leptons at ATLAS.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-15010,
  title     = {Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector},
  series = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  volume    = {75},
  journal   = {European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields},
  number    = {8},
  organization    = {ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150100},
  pages     = {362},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {A search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles is performed using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data collected in 2012 at \(\sqrt {s}\) = 8 TeV from pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\) are examined. Particles producing anomalously high ionisation, consistent with long-lived massive particles with electric charges from |q| = 2e to |q| = 6e are searched for. No signal candidate events are observed, and 95 \% confidence level cross-section upper limits are interpreted as lower mass limits for a Drell-Yan production model. The mass limits range between 660 and 785 GeV.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-14305,
  title     = {Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to Zh in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\)=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Physics Letters B},
  volume    = {744},
  journal   = {Physics Letters B},
  organization    = {ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.054},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-143050},
  pages     = {163-183},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {A search for a heavy, CP-odd Higgs boson, A, decaying into a Z boson and a 125 GeV Higgs boson, h, with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The search uses proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\). Decays of CP-even h bosons to ττ or bb pairs with the Z boson decaying to electron or muon pairs are considered, as well as h→bb decays with the Z boson decaying to neutrinos. No evidence for the production of an A boson in these channels is found and the 95\% confidence level upper limits derived for σ(gg→A)×BR(A→Zh)×BR(h→f\(\bar{f}\)) are 0.098-0.013 pb for f=τ and 0.57-0.014 pb for f=b in a range of m\(_{A}\)=220-1000 GeVmA=220-1000 GeV. The results are combined and interpreted in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models.},
  language  = {en}
}