Search for a Charged Higgs Boson Produced in the Vector-boson Fusion Mode with Decay H± -> W± Z using pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment

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Abstract

A search for a charged Higgs boson, H±, decaying to a W± boson and a Z boson is presented. The search is based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The H± boson is assumed to be produced via vector-boson fusion and the decays W±→qq′¯ and Z→e+e−/μ+μ− are considered. The search is performed in a range of charged Higgs boson masses from 200 to 1000 GeV. No evidence for the production of an H± boson is observed. Upper limits of 31-1020 fb at 95% CL are placed on the cross section for vector-boson fusion production of an H± boson times its branching fraction to W±Z. The limits are compared with predictions from the Georgi-Machacek Higgs Triplet Model.

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  • G. AAD , G. CHIODINI , E. GORINI , M. PRIMAVERA , S. SPAGNOLO , A. VENTURA , ET AL.

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

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0031-9007

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12

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28/04/2018

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8

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22/04/2018

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