Measurements of the Total and Differential Higgs Boson Production Cross Sections Combining the H → γγ and H → ZZ∗ → 4 ℓ Decay Channels at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.091801

Measurements of the Total and Differential Higgs Boson Production Cross Sections Combining the H → γγ and H → ZZ∗ → 4 ℓ Decay Channels at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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Abstract

Measurements of the total and differential cross sections of Higgs boson production are performed using 20.3 fb^-1 of pp collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 8 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Cross sections are obtained from measured H → γγ and H → ZZ∗ → 4 ℓ event yields, which are combined accounting for detector efficiencies, fiducial acceptances, and branching fractions. Differential cross sections are reported as a function of Higgs boson transverse momentum, Higgs boson rapidity, number of jets in the event, and transverse momentum of the leading jet. The total production cross section is determined to be σ_{pp → H} = 33.0 ± 5.3 (stat) ± 1.6 (syst) pb. The measurements are compared to state-of-the-art predictions.

Original language	English
Article number	091801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.091801
State	Published - 27 Aug 2015

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Not added	ST/N000420/1
Australian Respiratory Council
Austrian Science Fund
Brain Research Foundation
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
European Research Council
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Human Growth Foundation
Israel Science Foundation
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Research Council Canada
National Science Council Taiwan
National Science Foundation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Semiconductor Research Corporation
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
U.S. Department of Energy
National Science Foundation	1119200
National Science Foundation
Seventh Framework Programme	246806
Seventh Framework Programme
Science and Technology Facilities Council	PP/E000347/1, ST/L001195/1, ST/J00474X/1, ST/M004821/1, ST/M002306/1, ST/J004928/1, ST/K001361/1, ST/L003414/1, GRIDPP, ST/K001310/1, ST/L00352X/1, ST/M503575/1, ST/J501074/1, ST/L001144/1, ST/L003112/1, ST/J005525/1, ST/M001504/1, ST/K001248/1, ST/L003325/1, ST/M000761/1, ST/I000178/1, ST/G50228X/1, ST/H001093/2, ST/M001431/1, ST/K001418/1, ST/H001093/1, ST/K001302/1, ST/K001388/1, ST/N000463/1, ST/K001329/1, ST/K50208X/1, ST/L001179/1, ST/I005803/1, ST/J004944/1, ST/M001407/1, ST/I006080/1, ST/L006480/1, ST/I000186/1, ST/M006980/1, ST/G502320/1, ST/M001733/1, PP/D002915/1, ST/M000664/1, ST/H00100X/1, ST/L000970/1, ST/K00073X/1, ST/H00100X/2, ST/K000705/1, ST/L003511/1, ST/L000326/1, PP/E003087/1, ST/N000307/1, PP/E000355/1, ST/K00140X/1, ST/M001474/1, ST/I00372X/1, PP/E002846/1, ST/K003658/1, ST/J005487/1, ST/I006056/1, ST/M003213/1, PP/E000444/1, ST/K00137X/1, ST/N000277/1, ST/J005576/1
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	26800140, 26247040
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung	156083, 149246
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

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