A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson is performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector in Run 2 pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed (expected) significance over the background-only hypothesis for a Higgs boson with a mass of 125.09 GeV is 2.0σ (1.7σ). The observed upper limit on the cross section times branching ratio for pp → H → μμ is 2.2 times the SM prediction at 95% confidence level, while the expected limit on a H → μμ signal assuming the absence (presence) of a SM signal is 1.1 (2.0). The best-fit value of the signal strength parameter, defined as the ratio of the observed signal yield to the one expected in the SM, is μ = 1.2 ± 0.6.
A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector / Carratta , G. ; 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. ; Sidoti , A. ; Franchini , M. ; Romano , M. ; Valentinetti , S. ; Alberghi , G. L. ; Biondi , S. ; Lasagni Manghi , F; Massa , L. ; Vittori , C. ; Alfonsi , F: ; Cabras , G. ; Cervelli , A. ; Negrini , M. ; Todome , K. ; ATLAS collaboration. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 812:(2021), pp. 135980.1-135980.24. [10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135980]
A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector
Carratta , G.;De Castro , S.;Fabbri , L.;Gabrielli , A.;Rinaldi , L.;Semprini Cesari , N.;Sioli , M.;Villa , M.;Zoccoli , A.;Bellagamba , L.;Boscherini , D.;Bruni , A.;Giacobbe , B.;Polini , A.;Sbarra , C.;Franchini , M.;Romano , M.;Valentinetti , S.;Alberghi , G. L.;Biondi , S.;Lasagni Manghi , F;Massa , L.;Vittori , C.;Cabras , G.;
2021
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A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson is performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector in Run 2 pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed (expected) significance over the background-only hypothesis for a Higgs boson with a mass of 125.09 GeV is 2.0σ (1.7σ). The observed upper limit on the cross section times branching ratio for pp → H → μμ is 2.2 times the SM prediction at 95% confidence level, while the expected limit on a H → μμ signal assuming the absence (presence) of a SM signal is 1.1 (2.0). The best-fit value of the signal strength parameter, defined as the ratio of the observed signal yield to the one expected in the SM, is μ = 1.2 ± 0.6.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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