Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
Aad, G ; Abbott, B. ; Abdallah, J ; Abdinov, O ; Aben, R ; Abolins, M ; Åkesson, Torsten LU
; Bocchetta, Simona
LU
; Bryngemark, Lene
LU
and Doglioni, Caterina
LU
, et al.
(2016)
In Journal of High Energy Physics
2016(3).
- Abstract
- Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at (Formula presented.) TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH± production... (More)
- Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at (Formula presented.) TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq′ → H±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq′ → H± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H± → tb). © 2016, The Author(s). (Less)
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; Abbott, B.
; Abdallah, J
; Abdinov, O
; Aben, R
; Abolins, M
; Åkesson, Torsten
LU
; Bocchetta, Simona
LU
; Bryngemark, Lene
LU
and Doglioni, Caterina
LU
, et al. (More)
- Aad, G
; Abbott, B.
; Abdallah, J
; Abdinov, O
; Aben, R
; Abolins, M
; Åkesson, Torsten
LU
; Bocchetta, Simona
LU
; Bryngemark, Lene
LU
; Doglioni, Caterina
LU
; Floderus, Anders
LU
; Hawkins, Anthony
LU
; Hedberg, Vincent
LU
; Ivarsson, Jenny
LU
; Jarlskog, Göran
LU
; Lytken, Else
LU
; Mjörnmark, Ulf
LU
; Smirnova, Oxana
LU
and Viazlo, Oleksandr
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abstract = {{Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at (Formula presented.) TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq′ → H±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq′ → H± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H± → tb). © 2016, The Author(s).}},
author = {{Aad, G and Abbott, B. and Abdallah, J and Abdinov, O and Aben, R and Abolins, M and Åkesson, Torsten and Bocchetta, Simona and Bryngemark, Lene and Doglioni, Caterina and Floderus, Anders and Hawkins, Anthony and Hedberg, Vincent and Ivarsson, Jenny and Jarlskog, Göran and Lytken, Else and Mjörnmark, Ulf and Smirnova, Oxana and Viazlo, Oleksandr}},
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title = {{Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector}},
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doi = {{10.1007/JHEP03(2016)127}},
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