A search for the Zγ decay mode of the Higgs boson in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135754

A search for the Zγ decay mode of the Higgs boson in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Abstract

A search for the Zγ decay of the Higgs boson, with Z boson decays into pairs of electrons or muons is presented. The analysis uses proton–proton collision data at s = 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb⁻¹ recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed data are consistent with the expected background with a p-value of 1.3%. An upper limit at 95% confidence level on the production cross-section times the branching ratio for pp→H→Zγ is set at 3.6 times the Standard Model prediction while 2.6 times is expected in the presence of the Standard Model Higgs boson. The best-fit value for the signal yield normalised to the Standard Model prediction is 2.0_−0.9 ^+1.0 where the statistical component of the uncertainty is dominant.

Original language	English
Article number	135754
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	809
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135754
State	Published - 10 Oct 2020

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Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
National Science Foundation
CEA-DRF
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
INFN-CNAF
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Arkansas Space Grant Consortium
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
MSMT
MSSR
PROMETEO Programme Generalitat Valenciana , Spain
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Czech Republic
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
GridKA
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
MESTD
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
Horizon 2020 , Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
RGC
G?ran Gustafssons Stiftelse
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
MES of Russia
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
PROMETEO Programme Generalitat Valenciana
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
VSC CR
Glycemic Index Foundation
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
IRFU
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
National Research Council Canada
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
NDGF	CC-IN2P3
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS
Science and Technology Facilities Council	GRIDPP

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