Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in WH -> lvbb in pp Collisions at s=1.96 TeV

We present a search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W boson using 2.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity of pp̄ collision data taken at s=1.96TeV. Limits on the Higgs boson production rate are obtained for masses between 100 and 150GeV/c2. Through the use of multivariate te...

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Hauptverfasser: Aaltonen, T, Adelman, J, Akimoto, T, Alvarez Gonzalez, B, Amerio, S, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Annovi, A, Antos, J, Apollinari, G, Apresyan, A, Arisawa, T, Artikov, A, Ashmanskas, W, Attal, A, Aurisano, A, Azfar, F, Azzurri, P, Badgett, W, Barbaro-Galtieri, A, Barnes, V, Barnett, B, Bartsch, V, Bauer, G, Beauchemin, P
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
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Zusammenfassung:We present a search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W boson using 2.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity of pp̄ collision data taken at s=1.96TeV. Limits on the Higgs boson production rate are obtained for masses between 100 and 150GeV/c2. Through the use of multivariate techniques, the analysis achieves an observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit of 5.6 (4.8) times the theoretically expected production cross section for a standard model Higgs boson with a mass of 115GeV/c2. © 2009 The American Physical Society.