Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or a Z boson and decaying to bottom quarks

Abstract

A search for the standard model Higgs boson (H) decaying to b (b) over bar when produced in association with a weak vector boson (V) is reported for the following channels: W(mu nu)H, W(e nu)H, W(tau nu)H, Z(mu mu)H, Z(ee)H and Z(nu nu)H. The search is performed in data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 inverse femtobarns at root s = 7 TeV and up to 18.9 fb(-1) at root s = 8 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. An excess of events is observed above the expected background with a local significance of 2.1 standard deviations for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, consistent with the expectation from the production of the standard model Higgs boson. The signal strength corresponding to this excess, relative to that of the standard model Higgs boson, is 1.0 +/- 0.5.


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  • Chatrchyan S , Khachatryan V , Sirunyan AM , Tumasyan A , Adam W , Bergauer T , Dragicevic M , Eroe J , Fabjan C , Friedl M , Fruhwirth R , Ghete VM , Hoermann N , Hrubec J , Jeitler M , Kiesenhofer W , Knuenz V , Krammer M , Kraetschmer I , Liko D , Mikulec I , Rabady D , Rahbaran B , Rohringer C , Rohringer H , Schoefbeck 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 , Staykova Z , 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 , Lowette S , Maes M , Olbrechts A , Tavernier S , Van Doninck W , Van Mulders P , Van Onsem GP , Villella I , Caillol C , Clerbaux B , De Lentdecker G , Favart L , Gay APR , Hreus T , Leonard A , Marage PE , Mohammadi A , Pernie L , Reis T , Seva T , Thomas L , Velde CV , Vanlaer P , Wang J , Adler V , Beernaert K , Benucci L , Cimmino A , Costantini S , Dildick S , Garcia G , Klein B , Lellouch J , Marinov A , Mccartin J , Rios AAO , Ryckbosch D , 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 , Lemaitre V , Liao J , Militaru O , Nuttens C , Pagano D , Pin A , Piotrzkowski K , Popov A , 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 , 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 , Jiang CH , Liang D , Liang S , Meng X , 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 , Gomez JP , Moreno BG , Sanabria JC , Godinovic N , Lelas D , Plestina R , 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 , Benhabib L , Bluj M , Busson P , Charlot C , Daci N , Dahms T , Dalchenko M , Dobrzynski L , Florent A , De Cassagnac RG , Haguenauer M , Mine P , Mironov C , Naranjo IN , Nguyen M , Ochando C , Paganini P , Sabes D , Salerno R , Sirois Y , Veelken C , 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 , Wittmer B , Zhukov V , Ata

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


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2014

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1550-7998

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