A search for an invisibly decaying Higgs boson or dark matter candidates produced in association with a leptonically decaying Zboson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeVis presented. This search uses 36.1fb−1of data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant deviation from the expectation of the Standard Model backgrounds is observed. Assuming the Standard Model ZHproduction cross-section, an observed (expected) upper limit of 67% (39%) at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio of invisible decays of the Higgs boson with mass mH=125GeV. The corresponding limits on the production cross-section of the ZHprocess with the invisible Higgs boson decays are also presented. Furthermore, exclusion limits on the dark matter candidate and mediator masses are reported in the framework of simplified dark matter models.
De Castro, S., Fabbri, L., Gabrielli, A., Rinaldi, L., Semprini Cesari, N., Sioli, M., et al. (2018). Search for an invisibly decaying Higgs boson or dark matter candidates produced in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 776, 318-337 [10.1016/j.physletb.2017.11.049].
Search for an invisibly decaying Higgs boson or dark matter candidates produced in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
De Castro , S.;Fabbri , L.;Gabrielli , A.;Rinaldi , L.;Semprini Cesari , N.;Sioli , M.;Villa , M.;Zoccoli , A.;Bellagamba , L.;Boscherini , D.;Bruni , A.;Bruni , G.;Giacobbe , B.;Polini , A.;Sbarra , C.;Spighi , R.;Franchini , M.;Mengarelli , A.;Romano , M.;Valentinetti , S.;Alberghi , G. L.;Biondi , S.;Fabbri , F.;Lasagni Manghi , F;Massa , L.;Ucchielli , G.;Vittori , C.;
2018
Abstract
A search for an invisibly decaying Higgs boson or dark matter candidates produced in association with a leptonically decaying Zboson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeVis presented. This search uses 36.1fb−1of data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant deviation from the expectation of the Standard Model backgrounds is observed. Assuming the Standard Model ZHproduction cross-section, an observed (expected) upper limit of 67% (39%) at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio of invisible decays of the Higgs boson with mass mH=125GeV. The corresponding limits on the production cross-section of the ZHprocess with the invisible Higgs boson decays are also presented. Furthermore, exclusion limits on the dark matter candidate and mediator masses are reported in the framework of simplified dark matter models.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
