A study is presented of the mass and spin-parity of the new boson recently observed at the LHC at a mass near 125 GeV. An integrated luminosity of 17:3 fb1, collected by the CMS experiment in proton proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, is used. The measured mass in the ZZ channel, where both Z bosons decay to e or mu pairs, is 126.2 +- 0.6 (stat) +- 0.2 (cyst) GeV. The angular distributions of the lepton pairs in this channel are sensitive to the spin-parity of the boson. Under the assumption of spin 0, the present data are consistent with the pure scalar hypothesis, while disfavoring the pure pseudoscalar hypothesis
Study of the Mass and Spin-Parity of the Higgs Boson Candidate via Its Decays to Z Boson Pairs / S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Aguilo;T. Bergauer;M. Dragicevic;J. Erö;C. Fabjan;M. Friedl;R. Frühwirth;V. M. Ghete;N. Hörmann;J. Hrubec;M. Jeitler;W. Kiesenhofer;V. Knünz;M. Krammer;I. Krätschmer;D. Liko;I. Mikulec;M. Pernicka;D. Rabady;B. Rahbaran;C. Rohringer;H. Rohringer;R. Schöfbeck;J. Strauss;A. Taurok;W. Waltenberger;C.-E. Wulz;V. Mossolov;N. Shumeiko;J. Suarez Gonzalez;S. Alderweireldt;M. Bansal;S. Bansal;T. Cornelis;E. A. De Wolf;X. Janssen;S. Luyckx;L. Mucibello;S. Ochesanu;B. Roland;R. Rougny;H. Van Haevermaet;P. Van Mechelen;N. Van Remortel;A. Van Spilbeeck;F. Blekman;S. Blyweert;J. D’Hondt;R. Gonzalez Suarez;A. Kalogeropoulos;M. Maes;A. Olbrechts;S. Tavernier;W. Van Doninck;P. Van Mulders;G. P. Van Onsem;I. Villella;B. Clerbaux;G. De Lentdecker;V. Dero;A. P. R. Gay;T. Hreus;A. Léonard;P. E. Marage;A. Mohammadi;T. Reis;L. Thomas;C. 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Study of the Mass and Spin-Parity of the Higgs Boson Candidate via Its Decays to Z Boson Pairs
BONACORSI, DANIELE;BRAIBANT, SYLVIE;BRIGLIADORI, LUCA;CAPILUPPI, PAOLO;CASTRO, ANDREA;CUFFIANI, MARCO;FANFANI, ALESSANDRA;FASANELLA, DANIELE;GUIDUCCI, LUIGI;MENEGHELLI, MARCO;PRIMAVERA, FEDERICA;ROVELLI, TIZIANO;SIROLI, GIAN PIERO;TOSI, NICOLÒ;
2013
Abstract
A study is presented of the mass and spin-parity of the new boson recently observed at the LHC at a mass near 125 GeV. An integrated luminosity of 17:3 fb1, collected by the CMS experiment in proton proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, is used. The measured mass in the ZZ channel, where both Z bosons decay to e or mu pairs, is 126.2 +- 0.6 (stat) +- 0.2 (cyst) GeV. The angular distributions of the lepton pairs in this channel are sensitive to the spin-parity of the boson. Under the assumption of spin 0, the present data are consistent with the pure scalar hypothesis, while disfavoring the pure pseudoscalar hypothesisI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.