Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector
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Resumo: | A novel search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into pairs of long-lived neutral particles, each decaying into a bottom quark pair, is performed using 139 fb−1 of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events consistent with the production of a Higgs boson in association with a leptonically decaying Z boson are analysed. Long-lived particle (LLP) decays are reconstructed from inner-detector tracks as displaced vertices with high mass and track multiplicity relative to Standard Model processes. The analysis selection requires the presence of at least two displaced vertices, effectively suppressing Standard Model backgrounds. The residual background contribution is estimated using a data-driven technique. No excess over Standard Model predictions is observed, and upper limits are set on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to LLPs. Branching ratios above 10% are excluded at 95% confidence level for LLP mean proper lifetimes cτ as small as 4 mm and as large as 100 mm. For LLP masses below 40 GeV, these results represent the most stringent constraint in this lifetime regime. |
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detectorExoticsHadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)Higgs physicsproton-proton scatteringLifetimeCiências Naturais::Ciências FísicasScience & TechnologyA novel search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into pairs of long-lived neutral particles, each decaying into a bottom quark pair, is performed using 139 fb−1 of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events consistent with the production of a Higgs boson in association with a leptonically decaying Z boson are analysed. Long-lived particle (LLP) decays are reconstructed from inner-detector tracks as displaced vertices with high mass and track multiplicity relative to Standard Model processes. The analysis selection requires the presence of at least two displaced vertices, effectively suppressing Standard Model backgrounds. The residual background contribution is estimated using a data-driven technique. No excess over Standard Model predictions is observed, and upper limits are set on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to LLPs. Branching ratios above 10% are excluded at 95% confidence level for LLP mean proper lifetimes cτ as small as 4 mm and as large as 100 mm. For LLP masses below 40 GeV, these results represent the most stringent constraint in this lifetime regime.We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; ANID, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; Minciencias, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS and CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF and MPG, Germany; GSRI, Greece; RGC and Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MEiN, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; JINR; MES of Russia and NRC KI, Russian Federation; MESTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZS, Slovenia; DSI/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; MOST, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. In addition, individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, CANARIE, Compute Canada and CRC, Canada; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d'Avenir Labex, Investissements d'Avenir Idex and ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF, Greece; BSF-NSF and GIF, Israel; Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, Norway; NCN and NAWA, Poland; La Caixa Banking Foundation, CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya and PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; Goran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom.The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionSpringerUniversidade do MinhoOnofre, A.Castro, Nuno FilipeATLAS Collaboration20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/76277engAad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D. C., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D. K., . . . Zwalinski, L. (2021). Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector. [Article]. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(11). doi: 10.1007/jhep11(2021)2291126-67081029-847910.1007/jhep11(2021)229https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP11%282021%29229info: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:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:37:27Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/76277Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:33:44.804085Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector Onofre, A. Exotics Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) Higgs physics proton-proton scattering Lifetime Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
title_short |
Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
title_full |
Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
title_fullStr |
Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
title_full_unstemmed |
Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector |
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at s√ = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner 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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Exotics Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) Higgs physics proton-proton scattering Lifetime Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
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Exotics Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) Higgs physics proton-proton scattering Lifetime Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
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A novel search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into pairs of long-lived neutral particles, each decaying into a bottom quark pair, is performed using 139 fb−1 of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events consistent with the production of a Higgs boson in association with a leptonically decaying Z boson are analysed. Long-lived particle (LLP) decays are reconstructed from inner-detector tracks as displaced vertices with high mass and track multiplicity relative to Standard Model processes. The analysis selection requires the presence of at least two displaced vertices, effectively suppressing Standard Model backgrounds. The residual background contribution is estimated using a data-driven technique. No excess over Standard Model predictions is observed, and upper limits are set on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to LLPs. Branching ratios above 10% are excluded at 95% confidence level for LLP mean proper lifetimes cτ as small as 4 mm and as large as 100 mm. For LLP masses below 40 GeV, these results represent the most stringent constraint in this lifetime regime. |
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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D. C., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D. K., . . . Zwalinski, L. (2021). Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into long-lived particles in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using displaced vertices in the ATLAS inner detector. [Article]. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(11). doi: 10.1007/jhep11(2021)229 1126-6708 1029-8479 10.1007/jhep11(2021)229 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP11%282021%29229 |
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