Search for resonant pair production of Higgs bosons in the $$\textrm{b}\overline{\textrm{b}}\textrm{b}\overline{\textrm{b}}$$ final state using large-area jets in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}$$ = 13 TeV
- Yerevan Physics Institute
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik; TU Wien
- Universiteit Antwerpen; Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Universiteit Antwerpen; Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Ghent University
- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade Estadual de Campinas
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; The University of the State of Amazonas
- Universidade Federal do ABC; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Universidade Federal do ABC
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- University of Sofia
- Beihang University
- Beihang University; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Tsinghua University
- Tsinghua University; UFMS
- Tsinghua University; The University of Iowa; Nanjing Normal University
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Institute of High Energy Physics; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Peking University
- Sun Yat-Sen University
- Université Libre de Bruxelles; Institute of Modern Physics and Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) — Fudan University
- Institute of Modern Physics and Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) — Fudan University
- Zhejiang University
- Universidad de Los Andes
- Universidad de Antioquia
- University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
- University of Split, Faculty of Science
- Institute Rudjer Boskovic
- University of Cyprus
- Charles University
- Escuela Politecnica Nacional
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics; Helwan University; Zewail City of Science and Technology
- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics; British University in Egypt; Ain Shams University
- Fayoum University
- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
- University of Helsinki
- Helsinki Institute of Physics
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay; Purdue University
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178; Université de Haute Alsace
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178
- Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I)
- Georgian Technical University
- RWTH Aachen University, I. Physikalisches Institut
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut B; Erzincan Binali Yildirim University
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut B; CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; University of Hamburg
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; Isfahan University of Technology
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; Brandenburg University of Technology
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- University of Hamburg
- Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
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- Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP), NCSR Demokritos
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- University of Ioánnina
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics; University of Debrecen
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics; Institute of Nuclear Research ATOMKI; Universitatea Babes-Bolyai — Facultatea de Fizica
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Eötvös Loránd University; Assiut University
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- Institute of Nuclear Research ATOMKI
- Institute of Nuclear Research ATOMKI; University of Debrecen
- University of Debrecen
- Eötvös Loránd University; University of Debrecen
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics; Karoly Robert Campus, MATE Institute of Technology
- Karoly Robert Campus, MATE Institute of Technology
- Panjab University
- Panjab University; Punjab Agricultural University
- University of Delhi
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI; Shoolini University
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI; University of Hyderabad
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI; University of Visva-Bharati
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-A
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute; IIT Bhubaneswar
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute; Institute of Physics
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Isfahan University of Technology; Isfahan University of Technology
- Isfahan University of Technology; Sharif University of Technology
- Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM); University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran
- Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM)
- University College Dublin
- INFN Sezione di Bari; Università di Bari
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- INFN Sezione di Catania; Università di Catania
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- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca; Università di Milano-Bicocca; CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- INFN Sezione di Napoli; Università di Napoli ‘Federico II’
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli; Università di Napoli ‘Federico II’; Università di Napoli ‘Federico II’
- INFN Sezione di Napoli; Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM); CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- INFN Sezione di Napoli; CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- INFN Sezione di Padova
- INFN Sezione di Padova; Università di Padova
- Università di Napoli ‘Federico II’; INFN Sezione di Padova
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche — Istituto Officina dei Materiali
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste; Università di Trieste
- Kyungpook National University
- Chonnam National University, Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles
- Hanyang University
- Korea University
- Kyung Hee University, Department of Physics
- Sejong University
- Seoul National University
- University of Seoul
- Yonsei University, Department of Physics
- Sungkyunkwan University
- American University of the Middle East (AUM)
- Riga Technical University
- Vilnius University
- Universiti Malaya
- Universidad de Sonora (UNISON)
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
- Universidad Iberoamericana
- Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay; University of Montenegro
- University of Montenegro
- University of Auckland
- University of Canterbury
- Quaid-I-Azam University
- AGH University of Krakow, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- University of Warsaw
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
- University of Belgrade; University of Belgrade
- University of Belgrade
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Universidad de Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)
- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria
- University of Colombo
- University of Colombo; Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
- University of Ruhuna, Department of Physics; Saegis Campus
- University of Ruhuna, Department of Physics
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- INFN Sezione di Pavia; Università di Pavia; CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
- Paul Scherrer Institut; Universität Zürich
- Paul Scherrer Institut
- ETH Zurich — Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA); Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
- ETH Zurich — Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
- Universität Zürich; Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics
- Universität Zürich
- National Central University; Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, IN2P3-CNRS
- National Central University
- National Central University; University of Visva-Bharati
- National Taiwan University (NTU)
- Chulalongkorn University
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty; Şırnak University
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty; Near East University, Research Center of Experimental Health Science
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty; Konya Technical University
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty; Izmir Bakircay University
- Çukurova University, Physics Department, Science and Art Faculty; Adiyaman University
- Middle East Technical University, Physics Department
- Middle East Technical University, Physics Department; Necmettin Erbakan University
- Middle East Technical University, Physics Department; Bozok Universitetesi Rektörlügü
- Bogazici University
- Bogazici University; Marmara University
- Bogazici University; Milli Savunma University
- Bogazici University; Kafkas University
- Bogazici University; Istanbul Bilgi University
- Istanbul Technical University
- Istanbul Technical University; Near East University, Research Center of Experimental Health Science
- Istanbul Technical University; Hacettepe University
- Istanbul University; Adiyaman University
- Istanbul University; Istanbul University — Cerrahpasa, Faculty of Engineering
- Istanbul University; Ozyegin University
- Istanbul University
- Institute for Scintillation Materials of National Academy of Science of Ukraine
- National Science Centre, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
- University of Bristol
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel; University of Bristol
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; University of Southampton
- Imperial College
- Imperial College; IPPP Durham University
- Imperial College; Monash University, Faculty of Science
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research; Imperial College
- Brunel University
- Baylor University
- Catholic University of America
- The University of Alabama
- Università di Torino; The University of Alabama
- Boston University
- Brown University
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A; Brown University
- Brown University; Bethel University
- Brown University; Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
- University of California, Davis
- University of California
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara — Department of Physics
- California Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Cornell University
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- California Institute of Technology; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; United States Naval Academy
- University of Florida
- Florida State University
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Florida Institute of Technology; Ain Shams University
- University of Illinois Chicago
- The University of Iowa
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- Georgian Technical University; The University of Iowa
- The University of Iowa; Sinop University
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- Rice University
- Institute of Modern Physics and Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) — Fudan University; Rice University
- University of Rochester
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Brandenburg University of Technology
- University of Tennessee
- Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University at Qatar
- Texas A&M University
- Kyungpook National University; Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Virginia
- Wayne State University
- University of Wisconsin — Madison
- Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
A search is presented for the resonant production of a pair of standard model-like Higgs bosons using data from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The final state consists of two b quark-antiquark pairs. The search is conducted in the region of phase space where at least one of the pairs is highly Lorentz-boosted and is reconstructed as a single large-area jet. The other pair may be either similarly merged or resolved, the latter reconstructed using two b-tagged jets. The data are found to be consistent with standard model processes and are interpreted as 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of the cross sections and the branching fractions of the spin-0 radion and the spin-2 bulk graviton that arise in warped extradimensional models. The limits set are in the range 9.74–0.29 fb and 4.94–0.19 fb for a narrow radion and a graviton, respectively, with masses between 1 and 3 TeV. For a radion and for a bulk graviton with widths 10% of their masses, the limits are in the range 12.5–0.35 fb and 8.23–0.23 fb, respectively, for the same masses. These limits result in the exclusion of a narrow-width graviton with a mass below 1.2 TeV, and of narrow and 10%-width radions with masses below 2.6, and 2.9 TeV, respectively.
- Research Organization:
- ABC Federal U.; AGH-UST, Cracow; AUM, Kuwait; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; Adiyaman U.; Ain Shams U., Cairo; Alabama U.; Andes U., Bogota; Annecy, LAPP; Antioquia U.; Antwerp U.; Athens U.; Auckland U.; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.; Bari U.; Basilicata U., Potenza; Baylor U.; Beihang U.; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.; Belgrade U.; Bethel Coll.; Bhabha Atomic Res. Ctr.; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.; Bhubaneswar, NISER; Bingöl U.; Bogazici U.; Boskovic Inst., Zagreb; Boston U.; Brandenburg Tech. U.; Bristol U.; British U. in Egypt; Brown U.; Brunel U.; Brussels U.; Budapest, RMKI; CERN; CHEP, Taegu; CINVESTAV, IPN; Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Caltech; Cantabria Inst. of Phys.; Canterbury U.; Carnegie Mellon U.; Catania U.; Catania, CSFNSM; Catholic U. America; Charles U.; Chonnam Natl. U.; Chulalongkorn U.; Colombo U.; Colorado U.; Conacyt, Mexico; Cornell U.; Cukurova U.; Cyprus U.; DESY; Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Delhi U.; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; EKU KRC, Gyongyos; ENEA, Bologna; Ecole Polytechnique; Eotvos U.; Erzincan U.; Fayoum U.; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Florida Inst. Tech.; Florida State U.; Florida U.; Frascati; Fudan U.; GTU, Tbilisi; Gent U.; Hacettepe U.; Hamburg U.; Hanyang U.; Haute Alsace U.; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.; Helsinki U.; Helwan U.; IAS, Julich; 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, Trieste; INFN, Turin; IP2I, Lyon; IPM, Tehran; IRFU, Saclay; Iberoamericana U.; Illinois U., Chicago; Imperial Coll., London; Indian Inst. Tech., Bhubaneswar; Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; Inst. Scintill. Mat., Kharkiv; Ioannina U.; Iowa U.; Isfahan Tech. U.; Istanbul Bilgi U.; Istanbul Tech. U.; Istanbul U.; Johns Hopkins U.; KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; KIT, Karlsruhe, IKP; Kafkas U.; Kansas State U.; Kansas U.; Karamanoglu Mehmetbey U., Karaman; Kharkov, KIPT; Korea U.; Kyung Hee U.; LIP, Lisbon; Lappeenranta U. Tech.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Louvain U.; Louvain U., CP3; MIT; Madrid, Autonoma U.; Madrid, CIEMAT; Malaya U.; Marmara U.; Maryland U.; Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Minnesota U.; Monash U.; Montenegro U.; NCBJ, Swierk; NICPB, Tallinn; Nanjing Normal U.; Naples U.; Natl. Tech. U., Athens; Naval Academy, Annapolis; Nebraska U.; Necmettin Erbakan U., Konya; Northeastern U.; Northwestern U.; Notre Dame U.; Ohio State U.; Oviedo U.; Ozyegin U.; PSI, Villigen; Panjab U.; Peking U.; Perugia U.; Pisa U.; Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore; Princeton U.; Puebla U., Inst. Fis.; Puerto Rico U., Mayaguez; Purdue U.; Purdue U., Calumet; Quaid-i-Azam U.; Quito, Escuela Politecnica Natl.; Rice U.; Riga Tech. U.; Rio Grande do Sul U.; Rio de Janeiro State U.; Rio de Janeiro, CBPF; Rochester U.; Ruhuna U.; Rutgers U., Piscataway; Rutherford; SUNY, Buffalo; SYSU, Guangzhou; Saha Inst.; San Francisco de Quito U.; Sejong U.; Seoul Natl. U.; Seoul U.; Sharif U. of Tech.; Sinop U.; Sofiya U.; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Sonora U.; Southampton U.; Split Tech. U.; Split U.; Stefan Meyer Inst. Subatomare Phys.; Strasbourg, IPHC; Sungkyunkwan U.; TIFR, Mumbai, DHEP; TU Vienna; Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; Tashkent, IYF; Tennessee U.; Texas A&M U. Qatar, Doha; Texas A-M; Texas Tech.; Tsinghua U., Beijing; Turin U.; U. Campinas; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.; U. Urbino (main); UC, Davis; UC, Riverside; UC, San Diego; UC, Santa Barbara; UCAS, Beijing; UCLA; USTM, Behshahr; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); University Coll., Dublin; Unlisted; VINCA Inst. Nucl. Sci., Belgrade; Vanderbilt U.; Vienna, OAW; Vilnius U.; Virginia U.; Visva Bharati U.; Vrije U., Brussels; Warsaw U.; Wayne State U.; Wisconsin U., Madison; Yerevan Phys. Inst.; Yonsei U.; Zewail City Sci. Technol., Giza; Zhejiang U.; Zurich U.; Zurich, ETH
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89243024CSC000002; SC0010005
- OSTI ID:
- 3007082
- Report Number(s):
- CERN-EP-2024-030; CMS-B2G-20-004; FERMILAB-PUB-24-0611-CMS
- Journal Information:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 2025; ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer NatureCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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