Searches for Higgs boson pair production in the hh -> bb tau tau, gamma gamma WW*, gamma gamma bb,bbbb channels with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

Searches for both resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production are performed in the hh→bbττ,γγWW∗ final states using 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. No evidence of their production is observed and 95% confidence level upper limits on the production cross sections are set. These results are then combined with the published results of the hh→γγbb,bbbb analyses. An upper limit of 0.69 (0.47) pb on the non-resonant Standard Model like hh production is observed (expected), corresponding to 70 (48) times of the SM gg→hh cross section. For production via narrow resonances, cross section limits of hh production from a heavy Higgs boson decay are set as a function of the heavy Higgs boson mass. The observed (expected) limits range from 2.1 (1.1) pb at 260 GeV to 0.011 (0.018) pb at 1000 GeV. These results are interpreted in the context of two simplified scenarios of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model.


Tutti gli autori

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

Titolo volume/Rivista

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY


Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

1550-7998

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

45

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Numero di citazioni Scopus

56

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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