Search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson into two light pseudoscalars with four photons in the final state in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV
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- Kharkov, Single Crystals Res. Inst.
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- Yerevan Phys. Inst.
- Tashkent, IYF
A search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson to a pair of light pseudoscalars, each of which subsequently decays into a pair of photons, is presented. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 132 fb$$^{−1}$$. The analysis probes pseudoscalar bosons with masses in the range 15–62 GeV, coming from the Higgs boson decay, which leads to four well-isolated photons in the final state. No significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. Upper limits are set on the product of the Higgs boson production cross section and branching fraction into four photons. The observed (expected) limits range from 0.80 (1.00) fb for a pseudoscalar boson mass of 15 GeV to 0.26 (0.24) fb for a mass of 62 GeV at 95% confidence level.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
- Research Organization:
- ABC Federal U.; AGH-UST, Cracow; AUM, Kuwait; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; Adiyaman U.; Ain Shams U., Cairo; Alabama U.; Alexandria U.; American U., Cairo; Andes U., Bogota; Annecy, LAPP; Antioquia U.; Antwerp U.; Assiut U.; Athens U.; Auckland U.; Babes-Bolyai U.; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.; Bari Polytechnic; Bari U.; Basilicata U., Potenza; Baylor U., Math. Dept.; Beihang U.; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.; Belgrade U.; Bethel Coll.; Bhabha Atomic Res. Ctr.; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.; Bhubaneswar, NISER; Bingol U.; Bogazici U.; Boskovic Inst., Zagreb; Boston U.; Brandenburg Tech. U.; Brown U.; Brunel U.; Brussels U.; CERN; Cairo U.; Cal State, L.A.; Caltech, Kellogg Lab; Campinas State U.; Cantabria Inst. of Phys.; Canterbury U.; Carnegie Mellon U.; Catania U.; Catania, CSFNSM; Catholic U.; Charles U.; Chonnam Natl. U.; Chulalongkorn U.; Colombo U.; Colorado U.; Conacyt, Mexico; Cornell U.; Cyprus U.; DESY; Debrecen U.; Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Delhi Tech. U.; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; Durham U., IPPP; ENEA, Bologna; Ecole Polytechnique; Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne; Egyptian Relativity Group; Eotvos U.; Erciyes U.; Fayoum U.; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Florence U.; Florida Inst. Tech.; Florida State U.; Florida U.; Frascati; Free State U.; Fudan U., Shanghai; GTU, Tbilisi; Genoa U.; Gent U.; Hamburg U.; Hanyang U.; Haute Alsace U., GRPHE; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.; Helsinki U.; Hyderabad U.; ICTEA, Oviedo; IISER, Pune; INFN, Bari; INFN, Bologna; INFN, Catania; INFN, Florence; INFN, Genoa; INFN, Milan Bicocca; INFN, Naples; INFN, Padua; INFN, Pavia; INFN, Perugia; INFN, Pisa; INFN, Rome; INFN, Siena; INFN, Trieste; INFN, Turin; IP2I, Lyon; IPM, Tehran; IRFU, Saclay; Iberoamericana U.; Illinois U., Chicago; Imperial Coll., London; Indian Inst. Tech., Gandhinagar; Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai; Iowa U.; Isfahan Tech. U.; Istanbul U.; Istanbul, Tech. U.; Izmir U. Economics, Izmir; Johns Hopkins U.; Julich, Forschungszentrum; KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; KIT, Karlsruhe, IKP; Kafkas U.; Kalu Jhanda, Chitkara U.; Kansas State U.; Kansas U.; Karamanoglu Mehmetbey U., Karaman; Kharkov Natl. U.; Kharkov, Single Crystals Res. Inst.; Konya Technical U.; Korea U.; Kyung Hee U.; Kyungpook Natl. U.; LIP, Lisbon; Lappeenranta U. Tech.; Latvia U., ISSP; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Louvain U.; MIT; Madrid, Autonoma U.; Madrid, CIEMAT; Madrid, Escuela Tec. Sup. Ing. Ind.; Malaya U.; Marmara U.; Maryland U.; Maryland U., College Park; Mersin U.; Messina U.; Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Milan Bicocca U.; Minnesota U.; Monash U.; Montenegro U.; NCP, Islamabad; NICPB, Tallinn; Nanjing Normal U.; Naples U.; Natl. Tech. U., Athens; Naval Academy, Annapolis; Near East U.; Nebraska U.; Necmettin Erbakan U., Konya; Northeastern U.; Northwestern U.; Notre Dame U.; Ohio State U.; PSI, Villigen; Padua U.; Panjab U., Chandigarh; Pavia U.; Peking U., SKLNPT; Perugia U.; Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria; Pisa U.; Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore; Princeton U.; Puebla U., Mexico; Puerto Rico U., Mayaguez; Punjab Agric. U., Ludhiana; Purdue U.; Quito, Escuela Politecnica Natl.; Rice U.; Rio Grande do Sul U.; Rio de Janeiro Federal U.; Rio de Janeiro State U.; Rio de Janeiro, CBPF; Rochester U.; Rome U.; Rutgers U., Piscataway; Rutherford; SSM, Naples; SUNY, Buffalo; Saha Inst.; San Diego U.; San Francisco de Quito U.; Sejong U.; Seoul Natl. U.; Seoul U.; Sharif U. of Tech.; Siena U.; Sinop U.; Sirnak U.; Sofiya U.; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Soltan Inst., Swierk; Sonora U.; Southampton U.; Split Tech. U.; Stefan Meyer Inst. Subatomare Phys.; Strasbourg, IPHC; Sungkyunkwan U.; Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; Tashkent, IYF; Tata Inst.; Tennessee U.; Texas A&M U. Qatar, Doha; Texas A-M; Texas Tech.; Trieste U.; Tsinghua U., Beijing; Turin U.; U. Bologna (main); U. Bristol (main); U. Notre Dame (main); U. Urbino (main); UC, Davis; UC, Riverside (main); UC, Santa Barbara; UPII, IPN; USTM, Behshahr; University Coll., Dublin; Unlisted; VINCA Inst. Nucl. Sci., Belgrade; Valencia U., IFIC; Vanderbilt U.; Vienna U.; Vienna, OAW; Vilnius U.; Virginia U.; Visva Bharati U.; Vrije U., Brussels; Warsaw U.; Wayne State U.; Wigner RCP, Budapest; Wisconsin U., Madison; Yerevan Phys. Inst.; Yerevan State U.; Yildiz Tech. U.; Yonsei U.; Yozgat Bozok U.; Zewail City Sci. Technol., Giza; Zhejiang U.; Zhongshan U.; Zurich U.; Zurich, ETH
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 2217159
- Report Number(s):
- CERN-EP-2022-095; CMS-HIG-21-003; FERMILAB-PUB-23-720-CMS; oai:inspirehep.net:2130106; arXiv:2208.01469
- Journal Information:
- JHEP, Journal Name: JHEP Vol. 07
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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