Publication
Title
Search for nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in the four leptons plus twob jets final state in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The first search for nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs (HH) with one H decaying into four leptons and the other into a pair of b quarks is presented, using proton-proton collisions recorded at a center-of-mass energy of root s = 13TeV by the CMS experiment. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). A 95% confidence level upper limit of 32.4 is set on the signal strength modifier mu, defined as the ratio of the observed HH production rate in the HH -> ZZ* b (b) over bar -> 4 lb (b) over bar decay channel to the standard model (SM) expectation. Possible modifications of the H trilinear coupling lambda(HHH) with respect to the SM value are investigated. The coupling modifier kappa(lambda), defined as lambda(HHH) divided by its SM prediction, is constrained to be within the observed (expected) range -8.8 (-9.8) < kappa(lambda) < 13.4 (15.0) at 95% confidence level.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2023
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP06(2023)130
Volume/pages
6 (2023) , p. 1-41
Article Reference
130
ISI
001035226900001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
The CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 25.04.2024
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