A search for a heavy neutral Higgs boson, A, decaying into a Z boson and another heavy Higgs boson, H, is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 from proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search considers the Z boson decaying into electrons or muons and the H boson into a pair of b-quarks or W bosons. The mass range considered is 230–800 GeV for the A boson and 130–700 GeV for the H boson. The data are in good agreement with the background predicted by the Standard Model, and therefore 95% confidence-level upper limits for σ × B(A → Z H) × B(H → bb or H → W W) are set. The upper limits are in the range 0.0062–0.380 pb for the H → bb channel and in the range 0.023–8.9 pb for the H → W W channel. An interpretation of the results in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models is also given.
De Castro, S., Fabbri, L., Gabrielli, A., Rinaldi, L., Semprini Cesari, N., Sioli, M., et al. (2021). Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson and another heavy Higgs boson in the ℓℓbb and ℓℓWW final states in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 81(5), 1-36 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09117-5].
Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson and another heavy Higgs boson in the ℓℓbb and ℓℓWW final states 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.;Giacobbe , B.;Polini , A.;Sbarra , C.;Franchini , M.;Romano , M.;Valentinetti , S.;Alberghi , G. L.;Lasagni Manghi , F;Massa , L.;Vittori , C.;Cabras , G.;Todome , K.;Carratta , G.;Cavalli , N.;Clissa , L.;FABBRI,FEDERICA
2021
Abstract
A search for a heavy neutral Higgs boson, A, decaying into a Z boson and another heavy Higgs boson, H, is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 from proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search considers the Z boson decaying into electrons or muons and the H boson into a pair of b-quarks or W bosons. The mass range considered is 230–800 GeV for the A boson and 130–700 GeV for the H boson. The data are in good agreement with the background predicted by the Standard Model, and therefore 95% confidence-level upper limits for σ × B(A → Z H) × B(H → bb or H → W W) are set. The upper limits are in the range 0.0062–0.380 pb for the H → bb channel and in the range 0.023–8.9 pb for the H → W W channel. An interpretation of the results in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models is also given.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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