Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in Tau Final States

Journal Article · Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.251801· OSTI ID:21346994

Abazov, V M; Alexeev, G D; Kharzheev, Y N; 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; Edmunds, D; Hall, I ^[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 present a search for the standard model Higgs boson using hadronically decaying tau leptons, in 1 fb{sup -1} of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp collider. We select two final states: tau{sup +}- plus missing transverse energy and b jets, and tau{sup +}tau{sup -} plus jets. These final states are sensitive to a combination of associated W/Z boson plus Higgs boson, vector boson fusion, and gluon-gluon fusion production processes. The observed ratio of the combined limit on the Higgs production cross section at the 95% C.L. to the standard model expectation is 29 for a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV.

• OSTI ID: 21346994
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 102; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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