A search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson (H) into a bb¯ resonance plus missing transverse momentum is described. The search is performed with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using 139 fb−1 of pp collisions at s = 13 TeV. The search targets events from ZH production in an NMSSM scenario where H → χ~20χ~10, with χ~20→aχ~10, where a is a light pseudoscalar Higgs boson and χ~1,20 are the two lightest neutralinos. The decay of the a boson into a pair of b-quarks results in a peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution. The final-state signature consists of two leptons, two or more jets, at least one of which is identified as originating from a b-quark, and missing transverse momentum. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations and upper limits are set on the product of cross section times branching ratio for a three-dimensional scan of the masses of the χ~20, χ~10 and a boson. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2022, The Author(s).

Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D.C., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D.K., Abidi, S.H., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Abusleme Hoffman, A.C., Acharya, B.S., Achkar, B., Adam, L., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Adamek, L., Addepalli, S.V., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2022:1(2022). [10.1007/JHEP01(2022)063]

Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Artoni, G.;Bagnaia, P.;Betti, A.;Bini, C.;Carnesale, M.;Di Bello, F. A.;Gauzzi, P.;Gentile, S.;Giagu, S.;Kado, M.;Lacava, F.;Longarini, I.;Luci, C.;Martinelli, L.;Policicchio, A.;Sabetta, L.;
2022

Abstract

A search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson (H) into a bb¯ resonance plus missing transverse momentum is described. The search is performed with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using 139 fb−1 of pp collisions at s = 13 TeV. The search targets events from ZH production in an NMSSM scenario where H → χ~20χ~10, with χ~20→aχ~10, where a is a light pseudoscalar Higgs boson and χ~1,20 are the two lightest neutralinos. The decay of the a boson into a pair of b-quarks results in a peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution. The final-state signature consists of two leptons, two or more jets, at least one of which is identified as originating from a b-quark, and missing transverse momentum. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations and upper limits are set on the product of cross section times branching ratio for a three-dimensional scan of the masses of the χ~20, χ~10 and a boson. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2022, The Author(s).
2022
Beyond Standard Model; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiment); Supersymmetry
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into b b¯ and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D.C., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D.K., Abidi, S.H., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Abusleme Hoffman, A.C., Acharya, B.S., Achkar, B., Adam, L., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Adamek, L., Addepalli, S.V., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2022:1(2022). [10.1007/JHEP01(2022)063]
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