Dark matter particles, if sufficiently light, may be produced in decays of the Higgs boson. This Letter presents a statistical combination of searches for H→invisible decays where H is produced according to the standard model via vector boson fusion, Z(ℓℓ)H, and W/Z(had)H, all performed with the ATLAS detector using 36.1 fb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV at the LHC. In combination with the results at √s=7 and 8 TeV, an exclusion limit on the H→invisible branching ratio of 0.26(0.17+0.07−0.05) at 95% confidence level is observed (expected).
Combination of Searches for Invisible Higgs Boson Decays with the ATLAS Experiment
De Castro , S.;Fabbri , L.;Gabrielli , A.;Rinaldi , L.;Semprini Cesari , N.;Sioli , M.;Villa , M.;Zoccoli , A.;Bellagamba , L.;Boscherini , D.;Bruni , A.;D’Amen , G.;Giacobbe , B.;Polini , A.;Sbarra , C.;Franchini , M.;Mengarelli , A.;Romano , M.;Valentinetti , S.;Alberghi , G. L.;Biondi , S.;Fabbri , F.;Lasagni Manghi , F;Massa , L.;Ucchielli , G.;Vittori , C.;Alfonsi , F:;Cabras , G.;Giangiacomi , N.;
2019
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Dark matter particles, if sufficiently light, may be produced in decays of the Higgs boson. This Letter presents a statistical combination of searches for H→invisible decays where H is produced according to the standard model via vector boson fusion, Z(ℓℓ)H, and W/Z(had)H, all performed with the ATLAS detector using 36.1 fb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV at the LHC. In combination with the results at √s=7 and 8 TeV, an exclusion limit on the H→invisible branching ratio of 0.26(0.17+0.07−0.05) at 95% confidence level is observed (expected).File in questo prodotto:
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