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
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- 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 networkA 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.…
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150197 |
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Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 75 |
Heft / Ausgabe: | 7 |
Seitenangabe: | 349 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (2015) 75(7):349. DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3543-1 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3543-1 |
PubMed-ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC4528305 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 539 Moderne Physik |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | ATLAS detector; Higgs boson; proton-proton collision; top quarks |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 29.01.2019 |
Urhebende Körperschaft: | ATLAS Collaboration |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |