Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

Abstract

A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W-boson pair at the LHC is reported. The event sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb(-1) and 19.4 fb(-1) collected with the CMS detector in pp collisions at = 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. The Higgs boson candidates are selected in events with two or three charged leptons. An excess of events above background is observed, consistent with the expectation from the standard model Higgs boson with a mass of around 125 GeV. The probability to observe an excess equal or larger than the one seen, under the background-only hypothesis, corresponds to a significance of 4.3 standard deviations for m (H) = 125.6 GeV. The observed signal cross section times the branching fraction to WW for m (H) = 125.6 GeV is times the standard model expectation. The spin-parity J (P) = 0(+) hypothesis is favored against a narrow resonance with J (P) = 2(+) or J (P) = 0(-) that decays to a W-boson pair. This result provides strong evidence for a Higgs-like boson decaying to a W-boson pair.


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  • Chatrchyan S , Khachatryan V , Sirunyan AM , Tumasyan A , Adam W , Bergauer T , Dragicevic M , Ero J , Fabjan C , Friedl M , Fruhwirth R , Ghete VM , Hartl C , Hormann N , Hrubec J , Jeitler M , Kiesenhofer W , Knunz V , Krammer M , Kratschmer I , Liko D , Mikulec I , Rabady D , Rahbaran B , Rohringer H , Schofbeck R , Strauss J , Taurok A , Treberer-Treberspurg W , Waltenberger W , Wulz CE , Mossolov V , Shumeiko N , Gonzalez JS , Alderweireldt S , Bansal M , Bansal S , Cornelis T , De Wolf EA , Janssen X , Knutsson A , Luyckx S , Mucibello L , Ochesanu S , Roland B , Rougny R , Van Haevermaet H , Van Mechelen P , Van Remortel N , Van Spilbeeck A , Blekman F , Blyweert S , D'Hondt J , Heracleous N , Kalogeropoulos A , Keaveney J , Kim TJ , Lowette S , Maes M , Olbrechts A , Strom D , Tavernier S , Van Doninck W , Van Mulders P , Van Onsem GP , Villella I , Caillol C , Clerbaux B , De Lentdecker G , Favart L , Gay APR , Leonard A , Marage PE , Mohammadi A , Pernie L , Reis T , Seva T , Thomas L , Vander Velde C , Vanlaer P , Wang J , Adler V , Beernaert K , Benucci L , Cimmino A , Costantini S , Dildick S , Garcia G , Klein B , Lellouch J , Mccartin J , Rios AAO , Ryckbosch D , Diblen SS , Sigamani M , Strobbe N , Thyssen F , Tytgat M , Walsh S , Yazgan E , Zaganidis N , Basegmez S , Beluffi C , Bruno G , Castello R , Caudron A , Ceard L , Da Silveira GG , Delaere C , du Pree T , Favart D , Forthomme L , Giammanco A , Hollar J , Jez P , Komm M , Lemaitre V , Liao J , Militaru O , Nuttens C , Pagano D , Pin A , Piotrzkowski K , Popov A , Quertenmont L , Selvaggi M , Marono MV , Garcia JMV , Beliy N , Caebergs T , Daubie E , Hammad GH , Alves GA , Martins MC , Martins T , Pol ME , Souza MHG , Alda WL , Carvalho W , Chinellato J , Custodio A , Da Costa EM , Damiao DDJ , Martins CDO , De Souza SF , Malbouisson H , Malek M , Figueiredo DM , Mundim L , Nogima H , Da Silva WLP , Santaolalla J , Santoro A , Sznajder A , Manganote EJT , Pereira AV , Bernardes CA , Dias FA , Tomei TRFP , Gregores EM , Lagana C , Mercadante PG , Novaes SF , Padula SS , Genchev V , Iaydjiev P , Marinov A , Piperov S , Rodozov M , Sultanov G , Vutova M , Dimitrov A , Glushkov I , Hadjiiska R , Kozhuharov V , Litov L , Pavlov B , Petkov P , Bian JG , Chen GM , Chen HS , Chen M , Du R , Jiang CH , Liang D , Liang S , Meng X , Plestina R , Tao J , Wang X , Wang Z , Asawatangtrakuldee C , Ban Y , Guo Y , Li Q , Li W , Liu S , Mao Y , Qian SJ , Wang D , Zhang L , Zou W , Avila C , Montoya CAC , Sierra LFC , Florez C , Gomez JP , Moreno BG , Sanabria JC , Godinovic N , Lelas D , Polic D , Puljak I , Antunovic Z , Kovac M , Brigljevic V , Kadija K , Luetic J , Mekterovic D , Morovic S , Tikvica L , Attikis A , Mavromanolakis G , Mousa J , Nicolaou C , Ptochos F , Razis PA , Finger M , Finger M , Abdelalim AA , Assran Y , Elgammal S , Kamel AE , Mahmoud MA , Radi A , Kadastik M , Muntel M , Murumaa M , Raidal M , Rebane L , Tiko A , Eerola P , Fedi G , Voutilainen M , Harkonen J , Karimaki V , Kinnunen R , Kortelainen MJ , Lampen T , Lassila-Perini K , Lehti S , Linden T , Luukka P , Maenpaa T , Peltola T , Tuominen E , Tuominiemi J , Tuovinen E , Wendland L , Tuuva T , Besancon M , Couderc F , Dejardin M , Denegri D , Fabbro B , Faure JL , Ferri F , Ganjour S , Givernaud A , Gras P , de Monchenault GH , Jarry P , Locci E , Malcles J , Nayak A , Rander J , Rosowsky A , Titov M , Baffioni S , Beaudette F , Busson P , Charlot C , Daci N , Dahms T , Dalchenko M , Dobrzynski L , Florent A , de Cassagnac RG , Mine P , Mironov C , Naranjo IN , Nguyen M , Ochando C , Paganini P , Sabes D , Salerno R , Sirois Y , Veelken C , Yilmaz Y , Zabi A , Agram JL , Andrea J , Bloch D , Brom JM , Chabert EC , Collard C , Conte E , Drouhin F , Fontaine JC , Gele D , Goerlach U , Goetzmann C , Juillot P , Le Bihan AC , Van Hove P , Gadrat S , Beauceron S , Beaupere N , Boudoul G , Brochet S , Chasserat J , Chierici R , Contardo D , Depasse P , El Mamouni H , Fan J , Fay J , Gascon S , Gouzevitch M , Ille B , Kurca T , Lethuillier M , Mirabito L , Perries S , Alvarez JDR , Sgandurra L , Sordini V , Donckt MV , Verdier P , Viret S , Xiao H , Tsamalaidze Z , Autermann C , Beranek S , Bontenackels M , Calpas B , Edelhoff M , Feld L , Hindrichs O , Klein K , Ostapchuk A , Perieanu A , Raupach F , Sammet J , Schael S , Sprenger D , Weber H

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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS


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2014

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1029-8479

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