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Inclusive search for highly boosted Higgs bosons decaying to bottom quark-antiquark pairs in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
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CMS Collaboration
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Abstract
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A search for standard model Higgs bosons (H) produced with transverse momentum (p(T)) greater than 450 GeV and decaying to bottom quark-antiquark pairs (bb) is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). The search is inclusive in the Higgs boson production mode. Highly Lorentz-boosted Higgs bosons decaying to bb are reconstructed as single large-radius jets, and are identified using jet substructure and a dedicated b tagging technique based on a deep neural network. The method is validated with Z -> bb decays. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an excess of events above the background assuming no Higgs boson production is observed with a local significance of 2.5 standard deviations (sigma), while the expectation is 0.7. The corresponding signal strength and local significance with respect to the standard model expectation are mu (H) = 3.7 1.2(stat)-0.7+0.8(syst)-0.5+0.8(theo) and 1.9 sigma. Additionally, an unfolded differential cross section as a function of Higgs boson p(T) for the gluon fusion production mode is presented, assuming the other production modes occur at the expected rates.![]() |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
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Publication
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Bristol
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2020
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ISSN
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1126-6708
1029-8479
[online]
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DOI
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10.1007/JHEP12(2020)085
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Volume/pages
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12
(2020)
, 49 p.
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Article Reference
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85
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ISI
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000599756700003
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Medium
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (open access)
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