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Search for pair production of Higgs bosons in the $b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ final state using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
| dc.contributor.author | ATLAS collaboration (2901 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aguilar Saavedra, Juan Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araque Espinosa, Juan Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Nuno Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conde Muino, Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Da Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dias do vale, Tiago | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiolhais, Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Galhardo, Bruno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gomes, Agostinho | |
| dc.contributor.author | Goncalo, Ricardo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jorge, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Machado Miguens, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maio, Amelia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maneira, Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oleiro Seabra, Luis Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onofre, Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa Batalha Pedro, Rute | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira Peixoto, Ana Paula | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, Helena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saraiva, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Jose Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tavares Delgado, Ademar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veloso, Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolters, Helmut | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-05T16:14:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-05T16:14:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01-03 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-05T16:14:18Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A search for Higgs boson pair production in the $b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ final state is carried out with up to 36.1 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of LHC proton--proton collision data collected at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. Three benchmark signals are studied: a spin-2 graviton decaying into a Higgs boson pair, a scalar resonance decaying into a Higgs boson pair, and Standard Model non-resonant Higgs boson pair production. Two analyses are carried out, each implementing a particular technique for the event reconstruction that targets Higgs bosons reconstructed as pairs of jets or single boosted jets. The resonance mass range covered is 260--3000 GeV. The analyses are statistically combined and upper limits on the production cross section of Higgs boson pairs times branching ratio to $b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ are set in each model. No significant excess is observed; the largest deviation of data over prediction is found at a mass of 280 GeV, corresponding to 2.3 standard deviations globally. The observed 95% confidence level upper limit on the non-resonant production is 13 times the Standard Model prediction. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP 1901 (2019) 030; DOI 10.1007/JHEP01(2019)030 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2019)030 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27620 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Search for pair production of Higgs bosons in the $b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ final state using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |