Inclusive search for highly boosted Higgs bosons decaying to bottom quark-antiquark pairs in proton-proton collisions at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV
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Author(s)
Sirunyan, A. M
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Ambrogi, F.
Bergauer, T.
Dragicevic, M.
Erö, J.
Escalante Del Valle, A.
Frühwirth, R.
Jeitler, M.
Date Issued
December 11, 2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Citation
Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 Dec 11;2020(12):85
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Final published version
Abstract
Abstract
A search for standard model Higgs bosons (H) produced with transverse momentum (pT) greater than 450 GeV and decaying to bottom quark-antiquark pairs (
b
b
¯
$$ \mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}} $$
) is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at
s
$$ \sqrt{s} $$
= 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. The search is inclusive in the Higgs boson production mode. Highly Lorentz-boosted Higgs bosons decaying to
b
b
¯
$$ \mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}} $$
are reconstructed as single large-radius jets, and are identified using jet substructure and a dedicated b tagging technique based on a deep neural network. The method is validated with Z →
b
b
¯
$$ \mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}} $$
decays. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an excess of events above the background assuming no Higgs boson production is observed with a local significance of 2.5 standard deviations (σ), while the expectation is 0.7. The corresponding signal strength and local significance with respect to the standard model expectation are μH = 3.7 ± 1.2(stat)
−
0.7
+
0.8
$$ {}_{-0.7}^{+0.8} $$
(syst)
−
0.5
+
0.8
$$ {}_{-0.5}^{+0.8} $$
(theo) and 1.9 σ. Additionally, an unfolded differential cross section as a function of Higgs boson pT for the gluon fusion production mode is presented, assuming the other production modes occur at the expected rates.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2020)085
