Search for the Decay of the Higgs Boson to Charm Quarks with the ATLAS Experiment

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Abstract

A direct search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of charm quarks is presented. Associated production of the Higgs and Z bosons, in the decay mode ZH→ + -cc is studied. A data set with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb-1 of pp collisions at s=13TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is used. The H→cc signature is identified using charm-tagging algorithms. The observed (expected) upper limit on σ(pp→ZH)×B(H→cc) is 2.7 (3.9-1.1+2.1) pb at the 95% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, while the standard model value is 26 fb.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number211802
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume120
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - May 22 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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