Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H → ZZ(*) to 4l with the ATLAS detector

Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J.; Abdelalim, A. A.; Abdesselam, A.; Abdinov, O.; Abi, B.; Abolins, M.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; Acerbi, E.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, D. L.; Addy, T. N.; Adelman, J.; Aderholz, M.; Adomeit, S.; Adragna, P.; Adye, T.; Aefsky, S.; Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.; Siegrist, James L.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.034

Title: Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H → ZZ(*) to 4l with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physics Letters B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.034· OSTI ID:1037715

Aad, G. ^[1]; Abbott, B. ^[2]; Abdallah, J. ^[3]; Abdelalim, A. A. ^[4]; Abdesselam, A. ^[5]; Abdinov, O. ^[6]; Abi, B. ^[7]; Abolins, M. ^[8]; Abramowicz, H. ^[9]; Abreu, H. ^[10]; Acerbi, E. ^[11]; Acharya, B. S. ^[12]; Adams, D. L. ^[13]; Addy, T. N. ^[14]; Adelman, J. ^[15]; Aderholz, M. ^[16]; Adomeit, S. ^[1]; Adragna, P. ^[17]; Adye, T. ^[18]; Aefsky, S. ^[19] more »

Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Freiburg (Germany). Fakultat fur Mathematik und Physik
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States). Homer L. Dodge Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and ICREA, Barcelona (Spain). Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies; Dept. de Fisica
Universite de Geneve, Geneva (Switzerland). Section de Physique
Oxford Univ., Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku (Azerbaijan). Institute of Physics
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States). Dept. of Physics
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel). Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. Paris-Sud and CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay (France). LAL
Universita di Milano, Milano (Italy). Dipartimento di Fisica; INFN Sezione di Milano
ICTP, Trieste (Italy); INFN Gruppo Collegato di Udine (Italy)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Physics Dept.
Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, Munchen (Germany). Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik
Queen Mary Univ. of London, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot (United Kingdom). Particle Physics Dept.
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain). Departamento de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos and CAFPE
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Physics Division

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H → ZZ(*) → l⁺l⁻l'⁺l'⁻, where l = e,μ, is presented. Proton-proton collision data at √s = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector and corresponding to an average integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb⁻¹ are compared to the Standard Model expectations. Upper limits on the production cross section of a Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass between 110 and 600 GeV are derived. The observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit on the production cross section for a Higgs boson with a mass of 194 GeV, the region with the best expected sensitivity for this search, is 0.99 (1.01) times the Standard Model prediction. The Standard Model Higgs boson is excluded at 95% confidence level in the mass ranges 191-197, 199-200 and 214-224 GeV.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: ATLAS Collaboration

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1037715

Report Number(s):: BNL-97106-2012-JA; KA1101021; TRN: US1201683

Journal Information:: Physics Letters B, Vol. 705, Issue 5; ISSN 0370-2693

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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