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Title: Search for the standard model Higgs Boson in associated WH production in 9.7 fb 1 of p p ¯ collisions with the D0 detector

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Here, we present a search for the standard model Higgs boson in final states with a charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse energy, and two or three jets, at least one of which is identified as a $$b$$-quark jet. The search is primarily sensitive to $$WH\to\ell\nu b\bar{b}$$ production and uses data corresponding to 9.7 fb$$^{-1}$$ of integrated luminosity collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron $$p\bar{p}$$ Collider at $$\sqrt{s}=1.96$$ TeV. We observe agreement between data and the expected background. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, we set a 95% C.L. upper limit on the production of a standard model Higgs boson of 5.2$$\times\sigma_{\rm SM}$$, where $$\sigma_{\rm SM}$$ is the standard model Higgs boson production cross section, while the expected limit is 4.7$$\times\sigma_{\rm SM}$$.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
D0 Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1353063
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB--12-405-E-PPD; arXiv:1208.0653; BNL--98719-2012-JA; 1125851
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 109; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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