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Search for a pseudoscalar boson decaying into a Z boson and the 125 GeV Higgs boson in $ℓ^+ℓ^−bb$ final states

Search for a pseudoscalar boson decaying into a Z boson and the 125 GeV Higgs boson in $ℓ^+ℓ^−bb$ final states
Search for a pseudoscalar boson decaying into a Z boson and the 125 GeV Higgs boson in $ℓ^+ℓ^−bb$ final states

Results are reported on a search for decays of a pseudoscalar A boson into a Z boson and a light scalar h boson, where the Z boson decays into a pair of oppositely-charged electrons or muons, and the h boson decays into View the MathML sourcebb‾. The search is based on data from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy View the MathML sources=8 TeV collected with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−119.7 fb−1. The h boson is assumed to be the standard model-like Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV. With no evidence for signal, upper limits are obtained on the product of the production cross section and the branching fraction of the A boson in the Zh channel. Results are also interpreted in the context of two Higgs doublet models.
0370-2693
221-243
Khachatryan, Vardan
375bcfe5-df1a-41ad-9a90-553e557ef6d6
Belyaev, Alexander
6bdb9638-5ff9-4b65-a8f2-34bae3ac34b3
The CMS Collaboration
Khachatryan, Vardan
375bcfe5-df1a-41ad-9a90-553e557ef6d6
Belyaev, Alexander
6bdb9638-5ff9-4b65-a8f2-34bae3ac34b3

The CMS Collaboration (2015) Search for a pseudoscalar boson decaying into a Z boson and the 125 GeV Higgs boson in $ℓ^+ℓ^−bb$ final states. Physics Letters B, B748, 221-243. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.010).

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Results are reported on a search for decays of a pseudoscalar A boson into a Z boson and a light scalar h boson, where the Z boson decays into a pair of oppositely-charged electrons or muons, and the h boson decays into View the MathML sourcebb‾. The search is based on data from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy View the MathML sources=8 TeV collected with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−119.7 fb−1. The h boson is assumed to be the standard model-like Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV. With no evidence for signal, upper limits are obtained on the product of the production cross section and the branching fraction of the A boson in the Zh channel. Results are also interpreted in the context of two Higgs doublet models.

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Published date: 2015
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 411048
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411048
ISSN: 0370-2693
PURE UUID: 55a97869-04c7-4abb-8dea-7b9dc3e9b055
ORCID for Alexander Belyaev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-4408

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Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:54

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Author: Vardan Khachatryan
Corporate Author: The CMS Collaboration

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