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Search for Higgs boson pair production in the $bb\tau\tau$ final state in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{(}s)=8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$

dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2257 authors)
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorBeirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão
dc.contributor.authorCalpas, Betty
dc.contributor.authorDi Francesco, Agostino
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Antunes, Joao
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorToldaiev, Oleksii
dc.contributor.authorVadruccio, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.contributor.authorPela, Joao
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T13:18:33Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T13:18:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-20
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T13:18:33Z
dc.description.abstractResults are presented from a search for production of Higgs boson pairs (HH) where one boson decays to a pair of b quarks and the other to a τ lepton pair. This work is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at s=8  TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.3  fb−1. Resonant and nonresonant modes of HH production have been probed and no significant excess relative to the background-only hypotheses has been found in either mode. Upper limits on cross sections of the two HH production modes have been set. The results have been combined with previously published searches at s=8  TeV, in decay modes to two photons and two b quarks, as well as to four b quarks, which also show no evidence for a signal. Limits from the combination have been set on resonant HH production by an unknown particle X in the mass range mX=300  GeV to mX=1000  GeV. For resonant production of spin 0 (spin 2) particles, the observed 95% CL upper limit is 1.13 pb (1.09 pb) at mX=300  GeV and to 21 fb (18 fb) at mX=1000  GeV. For nonresonant HH production, a limit of 43 times the rate predicted by the standard model has been set.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev. D96 (2017) 072004; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072004
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27376
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for Higgs boson pair production in the $bb\tau\tau$ final state in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{(}s)=8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$
dc.typejournal article
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