Search for a Higgs boson decaying into γ⁎γ→ℓℓγ with low dilepton mass in pp collisions at
Our search is described for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons, one of which has an internal conversion to a muon or an electron pair (ℓℓγ). The analysis is performed using proton–proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The events selected have an opposite-sign muon or electron pair and a high transverse momentum photon. No excess above background has been found in the three-body invariant mass range 120 < mℓℓγ < 150 GeV, and limits have been derived for the Higgs boson production cross section times branching fraction for the decay H → γ*γ → ℓℓγ, where the dilepton invariant mass is less than 20 GeV. A Higgs boson with mH=125 GeV has a 95% confidence level (CL) exclusion observed (expected) limit is 6.7 (5.9+2.8-1.8 ) times the standard model prediction. Additionally, an upper limit at 95% CL on the branching fraction of H → (J/ψ)γ for the 125 GeV Higgs boson is set at 1.5 × 10-3.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- CMS Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1234179
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1221300
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-15-332-CMS; CERN-PH-EP-2015-137; CMS-HIG-14-003; S0370269315009879; PII: S0370269315009879
- Journal Information:
- Physics Letters B, Journal Name: Physics Letters B Vol. 753 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
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