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Search for the Decay of the Higgs Boson to Charm Quarks with the ATLAS Experiment

dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (2870 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAraque, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Mui\~no, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGalhardo, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGon\c calo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Am\'elia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, Jos\'e
dc.contributor.authorOleiro Seabra, Luis Filipe
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, Ant\'onio
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Rute
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, Jo\~ao
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Jos\'e
dc.contributor.authorTavares Delgado, Ademar
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T15:57:33Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T15:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-23
dc.date.updated2019-02-05T15:57:33Z
dc.description.abstractA direct search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of charm quarks is presented. Associated production of the Higgs and Z bosons, in the decay mode ZH→ℓ+ℓ-cc¯ is studied. A data set with an integrated luminosity of 36.1  fb-1 of pp collisions at s=13TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is used. The H→cc¯ signature is identified using charm-tagging algorithms. The observed (expected) upper limit on σ(pp→ZH)×B(H→cc¯) is 2.7 (3.9-1.1+2.1) pb at the 95% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, while the standard model value is 26 fb.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 120 (2018) 211802; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211802
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211802
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27578
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationCOFUNDing of the CERN Fellowship Programme 2014
dc.titleSearch for the Decay of the Higgs Boson to Charm Quarks with the ATLAS Experiment
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleCOFUNDing of the CERN Fellowship Programme 2014
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/665779/EU
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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rcaap.typearticle
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