Search for the standard model Higgs boson in tau lepton final states

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physics Letters. Section B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.012· OSTI ID:1039728

Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich

We present a search for the standard model Higgs boson in final states with an electron or muon and a hadronically decaying tau lepton in association with zero, one, or two or more jets using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 7.3 fb{sup -1} collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The analysis is sensitive to Higgs boson production via gluon gluon fusion, associated vector boson production, and vector boson fusion, and to Higgs boson decays to tau lepton pairs or W boson pairs. Observed (expected) limits are set on the ratio of 95% C.L. upper limits on the cross section times branching ratio, relative to those predicted by the Standard Model, of 14 (22) at a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV and 7.7 (6.8) at 165 GeV.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• Contributing Organization: D0 Collaboration
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1039728
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-12-076-E
• Journal Information: Physics Letters. Section B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. Section B Journal Issue: 2-5 Vol. 714; ISSN 0370-2693
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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BRANCHING RATIO
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRONS
FERMILAB TEVATRON
GLUONS
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
LUMINOSITY
MUONS
PRODUCTION
STANDARD MODEL
TAU PARTICLES
VECTORS