Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb-1 collected at s=7 TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb-1 at s=8 TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels...

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Main Authors: Aad, G, Abajyan, T, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Khalek, SA, Abdelalim, A, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abi, B, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, US, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Acharya, B, Adamczyk, L, Adams, D, Addy, T, Adelman, J, Adomeit, S, Adragna, P, Adye, T, Aefsky, S, Aguilar-Saavedra, J, Agustoni, M, Aharrouche, M
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: 2012
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Resumo:A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb-1 collected at s=7 TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb-1 at s=8 TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels H→ZZ(*)→4ℓ, H→γγ and H→WW(*)→eνμν in the 8 TeV data are combined with previously published results of searches for H→ZZ(*), WW(*), bb- and τ+τ- in the 7 TeV data and results from improved analyses of the H→ZZ(*)→4ℓ and H→γγ channels in the 7 TeV data. Clear evidence for the production of a neutral boson with a measured mass of 126.0±0.4(stat)±0.4(sys)GeV is presented. This observation, which has a significance of 5.9 standard deviations, corresponding to a background fluctuation probability of 1.7×10-9, is compatible with the production and decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson. © 2012 CERN.