A search for Higgs boson pair production pp → hh is performed with 19.5 fb-1 of proton–proton collision data at √s=8 TeV, which were recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. The decay products of each Higgs boson are reconstructed as a high-momentum bb¯ system with either a pair of small-radius jets or a single large-radius jet, the latter exploiting jet substructure techniques and associated b-tagged track-jets. No evidence for resonant or non-resonant Higgs boson pair production is observed. The data are interpreted in the context of the Randall–Sundrum model with a warped extra dimension as well as the two-Higgs-doublet model. An upper limit on the cross-section for pp → GKK ∗ → hh → bb¯bb¯ of 3.2 (2.3) fb is set for a Kaluza–Klein graviton GKK ∗ mass of 1.0 (1.5) TeV, at the 95 \% confidence level. The search for non-resonant Standard Model hh production sets an observed 95 \% confidence level upper limit on the production cross-section σ(pp → hh → bb¯bb¯) of 202 fb, compared to a Standard Model prediction of σ(pp → hh → bb¯bb¯)=3.6±0.5 fb. © 2015, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
Search for Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯bb¯ final state from pp collisions at √s = 8 TeVwith the ATLAS detector / Aad, G; Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; DELLA VOLPE, Domenico; Merola, Leonardo; Conventi, Francesco; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; Giordano, Raffaele; Perrella, Sabrina; Rossi, Elvira; Cirotto, Francesco; SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO; Carlino, Gianpaolo; DE ASMUNDIS, Riccardo; DI DONATO, Camilla; Doria, Alessandra; Iengo, Paolo; Izzo, Vincenzo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Et, A. l.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 75:9(2015). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3628-x]
Search for Higgs boson pair production in the bb¯bb¯ final state from pp collisions at √s = 8 TeVwith the ATLAS detector
ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE, VINCENZO;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;MEROLA, LEONARDO;CONVENTI, FRANCESCO;DELLA PIETRA, MASSIMO;GIORDANO, RAFFAELE;PERRELLA, SABRINA;ROSSI, ELVIRA;CIROTTO, FRANCESCO;SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO;CARLINO, GIANPAOLO;DE ASMUNDIS, Riccardo;DI DONATO, CAMILLA;IENGO, PAOLO;IZZO, VINCENZO;
2015
Abstract
A search for Higgs boson pair production pp → hh is performed with 19.5 fb-1 of proton–proton collision data at √s=8 TeV, which were recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. The decay products of each Higgs boson are reconstructed as a high-momentum bb¯ system with either a pair of small-radius jets or a single large-radius jet, the latter exploiting jet substructure techniques and associated b-tagged track-jets. No evidence for resonant or non-resonant Higgs boson pair production is observed. The data are interpreted in the context of the Randall–Sundrum model with a warped extra dimension as well as the two-Higgs-doublet model. An upper limit on the cross-section for pp → GKK ∗ → hh → bb¯bb¯ of 3.2 (2.3) fb is set for a Kaluza–Klein graviton GKK ∗ mass of 1.0 (1.5) TeV, at the 95 \% confidence level. The search for non-resonant Standard Model hh production sets an observed 95 \% confidence level upper limit on the production cross-section σ(pp → hh → bb¯bb¯) of 202 fb, compared to a Standard Model prediction of σ(pp → hh → bb¯bb¯)=3.6±0.5 fb. © 2015, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.