Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector
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Resumo: | Measurements of the ZZ and WW final states in the mass range above the 2mZand 2mWthresholds provide a unique opportunity to measure the off-shell coupling strength of the Higgs boson. This paper presents constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson event yields normalised to the Standard Model prediction (signal strength) in the ZZ → 4ℓ, ZZ → 2ℓ2ν and WW → eνµν final states. The result is based on pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1at a collision energy of √s = 8 TeV. Using the CLsmethod, the observed 95 % confidence level (CL) upper limit on the off-shell signal strength is in the range 5.1-8.6, with an expected range of 6.7-11.0. In each case the range is determined by varying the unknown gg → ZZ and gg → WW background K-factor from higher-order quantum chromodynamics corrections between half and twice the value of the known signal K-factor. Assuming the relevant Higgs boson couplings are independent of the energy scale of the Higgs boson production, a combination with the on-shell measurements yields an observed (expected) 95 %CL upper limit on ΓH/ΓSMHin the range 4.5-7.5 (6.5-11.2) using the same variations of the background K-factor. Assuming that the unknown gg → VV background K-factor is equal to the signal K-factor, this translates into an observed (expected) 95 % CL upper limit on the Higgs boson total width of 22.7 (33.0) MeV. |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detectorCiências Naturais::Ciências FísicasMeasurements of the ZZ and WW final states in the mass range above the 2mZand 2mWthresholds provide a unique opportunity to measure the off-shell coupling strength of the Higgs boson. This paper presents constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson event yields normalised to the Standard Model prediction (signal strength) in the ZZ → 4ℓ, ZZ → 2ℓ2ν and WW → eνµν final states. The result is based on pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1at a collision energy of √s = 8 TeV. Using the CLsmethod, the observed 95 % confidence level (CL) upper limit on the off-shell signal strength is in the range 5.1-8.6, with an expected range of 6.7-11.0. In each case the range is determined by varying the unknown gg → ZZ and gg → WW background K-factor from higher-order quantum chromodynamics corrections between half and twice the value of the known signal K-factor. Assuming the relevant Higgs boson couplings are independent of the energy scale of the Higgs boson production, a combination with the on-shell measurements yields an observed (expected) 95 %CL upper limit on ΓH/ΓSMHin the range 4.5-7.5 (6.5-11.2) using the same variations of the background K-factor. Assuming that the unknown gg → VV background K-factor is equal to the signal K-factor, this translates into an observed (expected) 95 % CL upper limit on the Higgs boson total width of 22.7 (33.0) MeV.ANPCyT -Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica(undefined)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionSpringer VerlagUniversidade do MinhoOnofre, A.Castro, Nuno FilipeATLAS Collaboration20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/57614eng1434-60441434-605210.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3542-2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:02:23Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/57614Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:52:21.102013Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector Onofre, A. Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
title_full |
Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson signal strength in the high-mass ZZ and WW final states with the ATLAS detector |
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Onofre, A. |
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Onofre, A. Castro, Nuno Filipe ATLAS Collaboration |
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Castro, Nuno Filipe ATLAS Collaboration |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Onofre, A. Castro, Nuno Filipe ATLAS Collaboration |
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Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas |
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Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas |
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Measurements of the ZZ and WW final states in the mass range above the 2mZand 2mWthresholds provide a unique opportunity to measure the off-shell coupling strength of the Higgs boson. This paper presents constraints on the off-shell Higgs boson event yields normalised to the Standard Model prediction (signal strength) in the ZZ → 4ℓ, ZZ → 2ℓ2ν and WW → eνµν final states. The result is based on pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1at a collision energy of √s = 8 TeV. Using the CLsmethod, the observed 95 % confidence level (CL) upper limit on the off-shell signal strength is in the range 5.1-8.6, with an expected range of 6.7-11.0. In each case the range is determined by varying the unknown gg → ZZ and gg → WW background K-factor from higher-order quantum chromodynamics corrections between half and twice the value of the known signal K-factor. Assuming the relevant Higgs boson couplings are independent of the energy scale of the Higgs boson production, a combination with the on-shell measurements yields an observed (expected) 95 %CL upper limit on ΓH/ΓSMHin the range 4.5-7.5 (6.5-11.2) using the same variations of the background K-factor. Assuming that the unknown gg → VV background K-factor is equal to the signal K-factor, this translates into an observed (expected) 95 % CL upper limit on the Higgs boson total width of 22.7 (33.0) MeV. |
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