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Title: Maximizing the significance in Higgs boson pair analyses [Mad-Maximized Higgs Pair Analyses]

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
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  1. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Germany)
  3. Durham Univ., Durham (United Kingdom)

Here, we study Higgs pair production with a subsequent decay to a pair of photons and a pair of bottoms at the LHC. We use the log-likelihood ratio to identify the kinematic regions which either allow us to separate the di-Higgs signal from backgrounds or to determine the Higgs self-coupling. We find that both regions are separate enough to ensure that details of the background modeling will not affect the determination of the self-coupling. Assuming dominant statistical uncertainties we determine the best precision with which the Higgs self-coupling can be probed in this channel. We finally comment on the same questions at a future 100 TeV collider.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; FG02-04ER41298
OSTI ID:
1362142
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1344603
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-16-267-T; IPPP-16-72; MCNET-16-28; arXiv:1607.07441; PRVDAQ; 1478050
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 95, Issue 3; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 42 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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