Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV

A search is presented for new particles in an extension to the Standard Model that includes a heavy Higgs boson (H 0 ), an intermediate charged Higgs-boson pair (H - ), and a light Higgs boson (h 0 ). The analysis searches for events involving the production of a single heavy neutral Higgs boson whi...

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spelling todo:paper_15507998_v89_n3_p_Aad2023-10-03T16:24:57Z Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV Aad, G. A search is presented for new particles in an extension to the Standard Model that includes a heavy Higgs boson (H 0 ), an intermediate charged Higgs-boson pair (H - ), and a light Higgs boson (h 0 ). The analysis searches for events involving the production of a single heavy neutral Higgs boson which decays to the charged Higgs boson and a W boson, where the charged Higgs boson subsequently decays into a W boson and the lightest neutral Higgs boson decaying to a bottom-antibottom-quark pair. Such a cascade results in a W-boson pair and a bottom-antibottom-quark pair in the final state. Events with exactly one lepton, missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb -1 , collected by the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV at the LHC. The data are found to be consistent with Standard Model predictions, and 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the product of cross section and branching ratio. These limits range from 0.065 to 43 pb as a function of H 0 and H - masses, with m h 0 fixed at 125 GeV. © 2014 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15507998_v89_n3_p_Aad
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description A search is presented for new particles in an extension to the Standard Model that includes a heavy Higgs boson (H 0 ), an intermediate charged Higgs-boson pair (H - ), and a light Higgs boson (h 0 ). The analysis searches for events involving the production of a single heavy neutral Higgs boson which decays to the charged Higgs boson and a W boson, where the charged Higgs boson subsequently decays into a W boson and the lightest neutral Higgs boson decaying to a bottom-antibottom-quark pair. Such a cascade results in a W-boson pair and a bottom-antibottom-quark pair in the final state. Events with exactly one lepton, missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb -1 , collected by the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV at the LHC. The data are found to be consistent with Standard Model predictions, and 95% confidence-level upper limits are set on the product of cross section and branching ratio. These limits range from 0.065 to 43 pb as a function of H 0 and H - masses, with m h 0 fixed at 125 GeV. © 2014 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration.
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author Aad, G.
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Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
author_facet Aad, G.
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title Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
title_short Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
title_full Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
title_fullStr Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W + W - bb̄ events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
title_sort search for a multi-higgs-boson cascade in w + w - bb̄ events with the atlas detector in pp collisions at √s = 8 tev
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15507998_v89_n3_p_Aad
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