A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair, t(t)overbarH, is presented. The analysis uses 36.1 fb(-1) of pp collision data at root s = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016. The search targets the H -> b(b)overbar decay mode. The selected events contain either one or two electrons or muons from the top-quark decays, and are then categorized according to the number of jets and how likely these are to contain b-hadrons. Multivariate techniques are used to discriminate between signal and background events, the latter being dominated by ft + jets production. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, the ratio of the measured t(t)overbarH signal cross-section to the standard model expectation is found to be mu = 0.84(-0.61)(+0.64). A value of mu greater than 2.0 is excluded at 95% confidence level (C.L.) while the expected upper limit is mu < 1.2 in the absence of a t(t)overbarH signal.

Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a b b pair in pp collisions at s =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S.H., Abouzeid, O.S., Abraham, N.L., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Adachi, S., Adamczyk, L., Adelman, J., Adersberger, M., Adye, T., Affolder, A.A., Afik, Y., Agheorghiesei, C., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 97:7(2018). [10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072016]

Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a b b pair in pp collisions at s =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Artoni G.;Bagnaia P.;Betti A.;De Cecco S.;Gentile S.;Giagu S.;Kado M.;Policicchio A.;
2018

Abstract

A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair, t(t)overbarH, is presented. The analysis uses 36.1 fb(-1) of pp collision data at root s = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016. The search targets the H -> b(b)overbar decay mode. The selected events contain either one or two electrons or muons from the top-quark decays, and are then categorized according to the number of jets and how likely these are to contain b-hadrons. Multivariate techniques are used to discriminate between signal and background events, the latter being dominated by ft + jets production. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, the ratio of the measured t(t)overbarH signal cross-section to the standard model expectation is found to be mu = 0.84(-0.61)(+0.64). A value of mu greater than 2.0 is excluded at 95% confidence level (C.L.) while the expected upper limit is mu < 1.2 in the absence of a t(t)overbarH signal.
2018
HIGGS
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Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a b b pair in pp collisions at s =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S.H., Abouzeid, O.S., Abraham, N.L., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Adachi, S., Adamczyk, L., Adelman, J., Adersberger, M., Adye, T., Affolder, A.A., Afik, Y., Agheorghiesei, C., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 97:7(2018). [10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072016]
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