Search for the Decay of the Higgs Boson to Charm Quarks with the ATLAS Experiment
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- Original research
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A direct search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of charm quarks is presented. Associated production of the Higgs and Z bosons, in the decay mode ZH→ + -cc is studied. A data set with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb-1 of pp collisions at s=13TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is used. The H→cc signature is identified using charm-tagging algorithms. The observed (expected) upper limit on σ(pp→ZH)×B(H→cc) is 2.7 (3.9-1.1+2.1) pb at the 95% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, while the standard model value is 26 fb. © 2018 CERN.
Journal
- Title
- Physical Review Letters
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- American Physical Society
- Publisher Country
- United States of America
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- Thomson Reuters
- Impact Factor
- 8.462
- Publication Type
- Prtinted only
- Volume
- 120
- Year
- 2018
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