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Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a vector boson in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV via Higgs boson decays to τ leptons

Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a vector boson in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV via Higgs boson decays to τ leptons
Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a vector boson in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV via Higgs boson decays to τ leptons
A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or a Z boson and decaying to a pair of τ leptons is performed. A data sample of proton-proton collisions collected at s√ = 13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The signal strength is measured relative to the expectation for the standard model Higgs boson, yielding μ = 2.5 − 1.3 + 1.4 . These results are combined with earlier CMS measurements targeting Higgs boson decays to a pair of τ leptons, performed with the same data set in the gluon fusion and vector boson fusion production modes. The combined signal strength is μ = 1.24 − 0.27 + 0.29 (1.00 − 0.23 + 0.24 expected), and the observed significance is 5.5 standard deviations (4.8 expected) for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV.
1029-8479
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Sirunyan, A.M.
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Tumasyan, A.
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Adam, W.
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Belyaev, Alexander
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et al.
The CMS Collaboration
Sirunyan, A.M.
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Tumasyan, A.
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Adam, W.
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Belyaev, Alexander
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Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A. and Adam, W. , et al. and The CMS Collaboration (2019) Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a vector boson in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV via Higgs boson decays to τ leptons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 (93), 1-42. (doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2019)093).

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A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or a Z boson and decaying to a pair of τ leptons is performed. A data sample of proton-proton collisions collected at s√ = 13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The signal strength is measured relative to the expectation for the standard model Higgs boson, yielding μ = 2.5 − 1.3 + 1.4 . These results are combined with earlier CMS measurements targeting Higgs boson decays to a pair of τ leptons, performed with the same data set in the gluon fusion and vector boson fusion production modes. The combined signal strength is μ = 1.24 − 0.27 + 0.29 (1.00 − 0.23 + 0.24 expected), and the observed significance is 5.5 standard deviations (4.8 expected) for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 June 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 June 2019
Published date: June 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 432847
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432847
ISSN: 1029-8479
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Date deposited: 30 Jul 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:55

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Author: A.M. Sirunyan
Author: A. Tumasyan
Author: W. Adam
Corporate Author: et al.
Corporate Author: The CMS Collaboration

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