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Title: Measurements of Higgs boson production and couplings in diboson final states with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Journal Article · · Physics Letters. B

Measurements are presented of production properties and couplings of the recently discovered Higgs boson using the decays into boson pairs, H→γγ, H→ZZ{sup *}→4ℓ and H→WW{sup *}→ℓνℓν. The results are based on the complete pp collision data sample recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at centre-of-mass energies of {radical s}=7 TeV and {radical s}=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 25 fb{sup -1}. Evidence for Higgs boson production through vector-boson fusion is reported. Results of combined fits probing Higgs boson couplings to fermions and bosons, as well as anomalous contributions to loop-induced production and decay modes, are presented. All measurements are consistent with expectations for the Standard Model Higgs boson.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Contributing Organization:
ATLAS Collaboration
OSTI ID:
1116356
Journal Information:
Physics Letters. B, Vol. 726, Issue 1-3; ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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