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Title: Combined Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson Decaying to bb̄ Using the D0 Run II Data Set

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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We present the results of the combination of searches for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson and decaying into bb̄ using the data sample collected with the D0 detector in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We derive 95% C.L. upper limits on the Higgs boson cross section relative to the standard model prediction in the mass range 100 GeV≤MH≤150 GeV, and we exclude Higgs bosons with masses smaller than 102 GeV at the 95% C.L. In the mass range 120 GeV≤MH≤145 GeV, the data exhibit an excess above the background prediction with a global significance of 1.5 standard deviations, consistent with the expectation in the presence of a standard model Higgs boson.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1103350
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 109 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
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United States
Language:
English
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