Search for Higgs boson decays to a photon and a Z boson in pp collisions at root s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Aad, G.; Abajyan, T.; Abbott, B.; Abadallah, J.; AbdelKhalek, S.; Abdinov, O.; Aben, R.; Abi, b.; Abolins, M.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.03.015

Title: Search for Higgs boson decays to a photon and a Z boson in pp collisions at root s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics Letters B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.03.015· OSTI ID:1136387

Aad, G.; Abajyan, T.; Abbott, B.; Abadallah, J.; AbdelKhalek, S.; Abdinov, O.; Aben, R.; Abi, b.; Abolins, M.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1136387

Report Number(s):: BNL-105435-2014-JA; KA1101021

Journal Information:: Physics Letters B, Journal Name: Physics Letters B

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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