A search for the production of a Higgs boson and one or more charm quarks, in which the Higgs boson decays into a photon pair, is presented. This search uses proton-proton collision data with a centre-of-mass energy of √ s = 13 TeV and an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis relies on the identification of charm-quark-containing jets, and adopts an approach based on Gaussian process regression to model the non-resonant di-photon background. The observed (expected, assuming the Standard Model signal) upper limit at the 95% confidence level on the cross-section for producing a Higgs boson and at least one charm-quark-containing jet that passes a fiducial selection is found to be 10.6 pb (8.8 pb). The observed (expected) measured cross-section for this process is 5.3 ± 3.2 pb (2.9 ± 3.1 pb).

Null, N., Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., et al. (2025). Search for the associated production of charm quarks and a Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2025(2), 0-35 [10.1007/jhep02(2025)045].

Search for the associated production of charm quarks and a Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair with the ATLAS detector

Alberghi, G. L.;Alfonsi, F.;Ballabene, E.;Bellagamba, L.;Bianco, G.;Boscherini, D.;Bruni, A.;Carratta, G.;Cremonini, D.;De Castro, S.;Fabbri, F.;Fabbri, L.;Franchini, M.;Gabrielli, A.;Giacobbe, B.;Lasagni Manghi, F.;Levrini, G.;Nechaeva, S.;Polini, A.;Rinaldi, L.;Romano, M.;Sanzani, E.;Sbarra, C.;Sbrizzi, A.;Semprini-Cesari, N.;Sioli, M.;Todome, K.;Valentinetti, S.;Villa, M.;Vittori, C.;Vivarelli, I.;Zoccoli, A.;
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A search for the production of a Higgs boson and one or more charm quarks, in which the Higgs boson decays into a photon pair, is presented. This search uses proton-proton collision data with a centre-of-mass energy of √ s = 13 TeV and an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis relies on the identification of charm-quark-containing jets, and adopts an approach based on Gaussian process regression to model the non-resonant di-photon background. The observed (expected, assuming the Standard Model signal) upper limit at the 95% confidence level on the cross-section for producing a Higgs boson and at least one charm-quark-containing jet that passes a fiducial selection is found to be 10.6 pb (8.8 pb). The observed (expected) measured cross-section for this process is 5.3 ± 3.2 pb (2.9 ± 3.1 pb).
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Null, N., Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., et al. (2025). Search for the associated production of charm quarks and a Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2025(2), 0-35 [10.1007/jhep02(2025)045].
Null, Null; Aad, G.; Aakvaag, E.; Abbott, B.; Abdelhameed, S.; Abeling, K.; Abicht, N. J.; Abidi, S. H.; Aboelela, M.; Aboulhorma, A.; Abramowicz, H.;...espandi
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