Abstract

A search for dark matter pair production in association with a Higgs boson decaying to a pair of bottom quarks is presented, using 3.2 fb−1 of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The decay of the Higgs boson is reconstructed as a high-momentum bb¯ system with either a pair of small-radius jets, or a single large-radius jet with substructure. The observed data are found to be consistent with the expected backgrounds. Results are interpreted using a simplified model with a Z′ gauge boson mediating the interaction between dark matter and the Standard Model as well as a two-Higgs-doublet model containing an additional Z′ boson which decays to a Standard Model Higgs boson and a new pseudoscalar Higgs boson, the latter decaying into a pair of dark matter particles.

Autore Pugliese

• Ventura Andrea , Gorini Edoardo , Spagnolo Stefania Antonia

Tutti gli autori

• Aaboud M. , Chiodini G. , Gorini E. , Primavera M. , Spagnolo S.A. , Ventura A.

Titolo volume/Rivista

PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B

Anno di pubblicazione

2017

ISSN

0370-2693

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

14

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

25/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

12

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

24/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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