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Search for the decay of a Higgs boson in the $\ell\ell\gamma$ channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV
| dc.contributor.author | CMS collaboration (2301 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayak, Aruna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bargassa, Pedrame | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beirão da Cruz e Silva, Cristóvão | |
| dc.contributor.author | Di Francesco, Agostino | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faccioli, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Galinhas, Bruno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gallinaro, Michele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hollar, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leonardo, Nuno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Iglesias, Lara Lloret | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seixas, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Strong, Giles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Toldaiev, Oleksii | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vadruccio, Daniele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Varela, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vischia, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | David Tinoco Mendes, Andre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Musella, Pasquale | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-05T16:35:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-05T16:35:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11-23 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-05T16:35:24Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A search for a Higgs boson decaying into a pair of electrons or muons and a photon is described. Higgs boson decays to a Z boson and a photon (H $\to$ Z$\gamma\to\ell\ell\gamma$, $\ell =$ e or $\mu$), or to two photons, one of which has an internal conversion into a muon pair (H $\to\gamma^{*}\gamma\to\mu\mu\gamma$) were considered. The analysis is performed using a data set recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. No significant excess above the background prediction has been found. Limits are set on the cross section for a standard model Higgs boson decaying to opposite-sign electron or muon pairs and a photon. The observed limits on cross section times the corresponding branching fractions vary between 1.4 and 4.0 (6.1 and 11.4) times the standard model cross section for H $\to\gamma^{*}\gamma\to\mu\mu\gamma$ (H $\to$ Z$\gamma\to\ell\ell\gamma$) in the 120-130 GeV mass range of the $\ell\ell\gamma$ system. The H $\to\gamma^*\gamma\to\mu\mu\gamma$ and H $\to$ Z$\gamma\to\ell\ell\gamma$ analyses are combined for $m_\mathrm{H} =$ 125 GeV, obtaining an observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit of 3.9 (2.0) times the standard model cross section. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP 1811 (2018) 152; DOI 10.1007/JHEP11(2018)152 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)152 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27669 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Search for the decay of a Higgs boson in the $\ell\ell\gamma$ channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |