Search for an exotic decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a pseudoscalar particle in proton-proton collisions at
- Yerevan Phys. Inst.
- Vienna, OAW
- Vienna, OAW; TU Vienna
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- Rio de Janeiro State U.; U. Campinas
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- Tsinghua U., Beijing; Nanjing Normal U.
- Tsinghua U., Beijing
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- Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Cairo U.
- Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Suez Canal U.; British U. in Egypt
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- Helsinki Inst. of Phys.
- Lappeenranta U. Tech.
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- Strasbourg, IPHC
- IP2I, Lyon
- IP2I, Lyon; Tsinghua U., Beijing
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- GTU, Tbilisi
- Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.
- Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; Erzincan U.
- DESY
- DESY; Hamburg U.
- DESY; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.
- DESY; Isfahan Tech. U.
- DESY; Brandenburg Tech. U.
- DESY; IAS, Julich; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.
- Hamburg U.
- KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP
- KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; CERN
- Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.
- Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; CERN
- Athens U.
- Natl. Tech. U., Athens
- Ioannina U.
- Budapest, RMKI; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.
- Budapest, RMKI
- Budapest, RMKI; Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.
- Eotvos U.
- Eotvos U.; Budapest, RMKI
- U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.
- Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.
- Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.
- EKU KRC, Gyongyos; Budapest, RMKI
- EKU KRC, Gyongyos
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- Delhi U.
- Saha Inst.
- Saha Inst.; Visva Bharati U.
- Indian Inst. Tech., Madras
- Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.
- TIFR, Mumbai, DHEP
- Bhubaneswar, NISER; Indian Inst. Tech., Bhubaneswar
- Bhubaneswar, NISER
- Bhubaneswar, NISER; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.
- IISER, Pune
- Isfahan Tech. U.; DESY
- Isfahan Tech. U.
- Isfahan Tech. U.; Sharif U. of Tech.
- IPM, Tehran
- University Coll., Dublin
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- Bari U.; Helwan U.
- Bari U.
- INFN, Bari; Helwan U.
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- Frascati
- Frascati; Guglielmo Marconi U.
- INFN, Genoa
- INFN, Milan Bicocca
- INFN, Naples
- Naples U.
- CERN
- Fermilab
- INFN, Padua
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- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
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- AUM, Kuwait
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- CINVESTAV, IPN
- CINVESTAV, IPN; Conacyt, Mexico
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- CERN; INFN, Pavia
- CERN; Athens U.
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- PSI, Villigen
- Zurich, ETH
- Zurich U.; Stefan Meyer Inst. Subatomare Phys.
- Zurich U.
- Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Annecy, LAPP
- Taiwan, Natl. Central U.
- Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.
- Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.
- Chulalongkorn U.
- Cukurova U.
- Cukurova U.; Adiyaman U.
- Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Necmettin Erbakan U., Konya
- Middle East Tech. U., Ankara
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- Istanbul Tech. U.; Hacettepe U.
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- Istanbul U.; Adiyaman U.
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- Inst. Scintill. Mat., Kharkiv
- Kharkov, KIPT
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- Bristol U.; Vrije U., Brussels
- Rutherford
- Rutherford; Southampton U.
- Rutherford; Bristol U.
- Imperial Coll., London
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- Imperial Coll., London; CERN
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- Baylor U.; Unlisted
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- Texas A-M; CHEP, Taegu
- Texas Tech.
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- Wisconsin U., Madison
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- Unlisted; Antwerp U.
- Unlisted; Caltech
- Unlisted; Yerevan Phys. Inst.
- Unlisted; Northeastern U.
- Unlisted; Imperial Coll., London; Yerevan Phys. Inst.
- Unlisted; Tashkent, IYF
A search for an exotic decay of the Higgs boson to a Z boson and a light pseudoscalar particle (a), decaying to a pair of leptons and a pair of photons, respectively, is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of , collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 . The analysis probes pseudoscalar masses between 1 and 30 GeV, leading to two pairs of well-isolated leptons and photons. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the Higgs boson production cross section times its branching fraction to two leptons and two photons. The observed (expected) limits are in the range of 1.1–17.8 (1.7–17.9)fb within the probed interval. An excess of data above the expected standard model background with a local (global) significance of 2.6 (1.3) standard deviations is observed for a mass hypothesis of . Limits on models involving axion-like particles, formulated as an effective field theory, are also reported.
- Research Organization:
- Erzincan U.; Cantabria Inst. of Phys.; Marmara U.; Imperial Coll., London; Charles U.; Rio de Janeiro State U.; Cornell U.; Riga Tech. U.; INFN, Bari; Quito, Escuela Politecnica Natl.; Maryland U.; Northeastern U.; INFN, Perugia; Beihang U.; Vienna, OAW; Tsinghua U., Beijing; Hanyang U.; Hacettepe U.; Antioquia U.; Brunel U.; Florida State U.; Unlisted; Athens U.; Delhi U.; Carnegie Mellon U.; Texas A-M; Istanbul Tech. U.; Pisa U.; Colombo U.; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.; Nebraska U.; SYSU, Guangzhou; NICPB, Tallinn; EKU KRC, Gyongyos; Bristol U.; Wayne State U.; Conacyt, Mexico; Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; IISER, Pune; Purdue U.; Tennessee U.; Southampton U.; Cukurova U.; Budapest, RMKI; Brussels U.; Warsaw U.; Ain Shams U., Cairo; GTU, Tbilisi; Lappeenranta U. Tech.; Ecole Polytechnique; Istanbul U.; Johns Hopkins U.; Andes U., Bogota; Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Colorado U.; INFN, Florence; Ruhuna U.; Malaya U.; Puebla U., Inst. Fis.; Warsaw U. of Tech.; Naval Academy, Annapolis; TIFR, Mumbai, DHEP; Illinois U., Chicago; Vanderbilt U.; Princeton U.; Texas A&M U. Qatar, Doha; LIP, Lisbon; Fudan U.; KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; Helsinki U.; Strasbourg, IPHC; Kyung Hee U.; Tarapaca U.; Zurich, ETH; INFN, Bologna; Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore; Notre Dame U.; Belgrade U.; Peking U.; SUNY, Buffalo; TU Vienna; Brandenburg Tech. U.; Madrid, CIEMAT; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; CHEP, Taegu; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.; Caltech; INFN, Naples; Chonnam Natl. U.; Split Tech. U.; Sinop U.; INFN, Trieste; Gent U.; Purdue U., Calumet; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; Canterbury U.; Annecy, LAPP; NCBJ, Swierk; Ohio State U.; Texas Tech.; INFN, Pisa; Northwestern U.; CINVESTAV, IPN; Boston U.; Rio de Janeiro, CBPF; Haute Alsace U.; INFN, Genoa; Quaid-i-Azam U.; Kharkov, KIPT; Bhubaneswar, NISER; Eotvos U.; Rutgers U., Piscataway; British U. in Egypt; Indian Inst. Tech., Bhubaneswar; Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Baylor U.; Helwan U.; Nanjing Normal U.; Panjab U.; Florida Inst. Tech.; UC, San Diego; Minnesota U.; INFN, Catania; Split U.; Cairo U.; University Coll., Dublin; Sungkyunkwan U.; Rio Grande do Sul U.; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.; Zhejiang U.; Korea U.; Sejong U.; Seoul Natl. U.; IPM, Tehran; Seoul U.; Alabama U.; Stefan Meyer Inst. Subatomare Phys.; Rockefeller U.; Louvain U.; Florida U.; Sofiya U.; Sharif U. of Tech.; IP2I, Lyon; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Helsinki Inst. of Phys.; Bari U.; Wisconsin U., Madison; IRFU, Saclay; INFN, Pavia; UCAS, Beijing; Yonsei U.; Naples U.; Visva Bharati U.; Vilnius U.; Brown U.; Isfahan Tech. U.; Bogazici U.; Kansas U.; UCLA; Sonora U.; Kafkas U.; Antwerp U.; Fayoum U.; MIT; Adiyaman U.; U. Campinas; Saha Inst.; UC, Davis; Montenegro U.; Zurich U.; Bingöl U.; Ioannina U.; AUM, Kuwait; DESY; Guglielmo Marconi U.; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.; Rutherford; Iowa U.; Iberoamericana U.; San Francisco de Quito U.; Karamanoglu Mehmetbey U., Karaman; UC, Riverside; Bucharest, IFIN-HH; Puerto Rico U., Mayaguez; INFN, Rome; Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Mississippi U.; CERN; Virginia U.; INFN, Milan Bicocca; Necmettin Erbakan U., Konya; INFN, Padua; Frascati; AGH-UST, Cracow; Oviedo U.; Chulalongkorn U.; Yerevan Phys. Inst.; Natl. Tech. U., Athens; Inst. Scintill. Mat., Kharkiv; Turin U.; Cyprus U.; Vrije U., Brussels; INFN, Turin; Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; UC, Santa Barbara; PSI, Villigen; Yildiz Tech. U.; Suez Canal U.; Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Madrid, Autonoma U.; Monash U.; Tashkent, IYF; Rochester U.; Catholic U. America; Kansas State U.; Boskovic Inst., Zagreb; Hamburg U.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); IAS, Julich; Bethel Coll.; Rice U.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; 89243024CSC000002
- OSTI ID:
- 2212409
- Report Number(s):
- CMS-HIG-22-003; CERN-EP-2023-223; FERMILAB-PUB-23-682-CMS; oai:inspirehep.net:2716400; arXiv:2311.00130
- Journal Information:
- Phys.Lett.B, Journal Name: Phys.Lett.B Vol. 852
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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