Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV
This paper presents a search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using events recorded by the CDF experiment in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.6 fb[superscript -1]. The search is performed using a matrix element technique in which the s...
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| author | Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo Goncharov, Maxim Paus, Christoph M. E. |
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| description | This paper presents a search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using events recorded by the CDF experiment in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.6 fb[superscript -1]. The search is performed using a matrix element technique in which the signal and background hypotheses are used to create a powerful discriminator. The discriminant output distributions for signal and background are fit to the observed events using a binned likelihood approach to search for the Higgs boson signal. We find no evidence for a Higgs boson, and 95% confidence level (C.L.) upper limits are set on σ(pp̅ →WH)×B(H→bb̅ ). The observed limits range from 3.5 to 37.6 relative to the standard model expectation for Higgs boson masses between m[subscript H]=100 GeV/c[superscript 2] and m[subscript H]=150 GeV/c[superscript 2]. The 95% C.L. expected limit is estimated from the median of an ensemble of simulated experiments and varies between 2.9 and 32.7 relative to the production rate predicted by the standard model over the Higgs boson mass range studied. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/716722022-10-01T20:03:23Z Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo Goncharov, Maxim Paus, Christoph M. E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Paus, Christoph M. E. Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo Goncharov, Maxim Paus, Christoph M. E. This paper presents a search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using events recorded by the CDF experiment in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.6 fb[superscript -1]. The search is performed using a matrix element technique in which the signal and background hypotheses are used to create a powerful discriminator. The discriminant output distributions for signal and background are fit to the observed events using a binned likelihood approach to search for the Higgs boson signal. We find no evidence for a Higgs boson, and 95% confidence level (C.L.) upper limits are set on σ(pp̅ →WH)×B(H→bb̅ ). The observed limits range from 3.5 to 37.6 relative to the standard model expectation for Higgs boson masses between m[subscript H]=100 GeV/c[superscript 2] and m[subscript H]=150 GeV/c[superscript 2]. The 95% C.L. expected limit is estimated from the median of an ensemble of simulated experiments and varies between 2.9 and 32.7 relative to the production rate predicted by the standard model over the Higgs boson mass range studied. 2012-07-17T20:56:46Z 2012-07-17T20:56:46Z 2012-04 2011-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1550-7998 1089-4918 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71672 T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration). "Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV" Physical Review D 85, 072001 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-4211 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.072001 Physical Review D Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo Goncharov, Maxim Paus, Christoph M. E. Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title | Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title_full | Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title_fullStr | Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title_short | Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV |
| title_sort | search for standard model higgs boson production in association with a w boson using a matrix element technique at cdf in pp collisions at √s 1 96 tev |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71672 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-4211 |
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