Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the Missing Energy and Acoplanar b-Jet Topology at {radical}(s)=1.96 TeV

Journal Article · Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2008 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.251802· OSTI ID:21180021

Abazov, V M; Alexeev, G D; Kharzheev, Y M; Malyshev, V L; Tokmenin, V V; Vertogradov, L S; Yatsunenko, Y A ^[1]; Abbott, B; Gutierrez, P; Hossain, S; Jain, S; Rominsky, M; Severini, H; Skubic, P; Strauss, M ^[2]; Abolins, M; Benitez, J A; Brock, R; Dyer, J; Edmunds, D ^[3]

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1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
2. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)

We report a search for the standard model Higgs boson in the missing energy and acoplanar b-jet topology, using an integrated luminosity of 0.93 fb{sup -1} recorded by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp Collider. The analysis includes signal contributions from pp{yields}ZH{yields}{nu}{nu}bb, as well as from WH production in which the charged lepton from the W boson decay is undetected. Neural networks are used to separate signal from background. In the absence of a signal, we set limits on {sigma}(pp{yields}VH)xB(H{yields}bb) at the 95% C.L. of 2.6-2.3 pb, for Higgs boson masses in the range 105-135 GeV, where V=W, Z. The corresponding expected limits range from 2.8 to 2.0 pb.

• OSTI ID: 21180021
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 25; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.251802; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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