Search for a Standard Model Higgs boson decaying to b quarks and produced in association with $Z/W$ bosons with the CMS detector

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · EPJ Web Conf.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122812056· OSTI ID:1439054

De Gruttola, Michele ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

A search for the standard model Higgs boson is performed in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.1 fb$$^{-1}$$, recorded by the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with a 7 TeV center-of-mass energy. The following modes are studied: W($$\mu \nu$$)H, W(e$$\nu$$)H, Z($$\mu \mu$$)H, Z(ee)H and Z($$\nu \nu$$)H, with the Higgs decaying to bb pairs. 95% C.L. upper limits on the VH production cross section are derived for a Higgs mass between 110 and 135 GeV. The expected (observed) upper limit at 115 GeV is found to be 5.7 (8.3) times the standard model expectation.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1439054
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-12-891-A; arXiv:1201.4611; 1085527
• Journal Information: EPJ Web Conf., Vol. 28
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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