Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson and decaying into a tau pair in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson with the decay H→ττ is presented. The data correspond to 20.3  fb[superscript −1] of integrated luminosity from proton-proton collisions at √s=8  TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC during 2012. The d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: ATLAS Collaboration, Taylor, Frank E
Otros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:en_US
Publicado: American Physical Society 2017
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108188
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7586-7253
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Sumario:A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson with the decay H→ττ is presented. The data correspond to 20.3  fb[superscript −1] of integrated luminosity from proton-proton collisions at √s=8  TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC during 2012. The data agree with the background expectation, and 95% confidence-level upper limits are placed on the cross section of this process. The observed (expected) limit, expressed in terms of the signal strength μ=σ/σSM for mH=125  GeV, is μ<5.6 (3.7). The measured value of the signal strength is μ=2.3±1.6.