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Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into $ b\overline{b} $ produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=8 $ TeV with the ATLAS detector

dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (2840 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAraque, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCantrill, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Muiño, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGalhardo, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Lourenco
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Amélia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, José
dc.contributor.authorOleiro Seabra, Luis Filipe
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, António
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Rute
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, José
dc.contributor.authorTavares Delgado, Ademar
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T09:45:00Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T09:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-27
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T09:45:00Z
dc.description.abstractA search for Higgs boson production in association with a pair of top quarks ($t\bar{t}H$) is performed, where the Higgs boson decays to $b\bar{b}$, and both top quarks decay hadronically. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The search selects events with at least six energetic jets and uses a boosted decision tree algorithm to discriminate between signal and Standard Model background. The dominant multijet background is estimated using a dedicated data-driven technique. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an upper limit of 6.4 (5.4) times the Standard Model cross section is observed (expected) at 95% confidence level. The best-fit value for the signal strength is $\mu = 1.6 \pm 2.6$ times the Standard Model expectation for $m_{H} = 125$ GeV. Combining all $t\bar{t}H$ searches carried out by ATLAS at $\sqrt{s}=8$ and 7 TeV, an observed (expected) upper limit of 3.1 (1.4) times the Standard Model expectation is obtained at 95% confidence level, with a signal strength $\mu = 1.7 \pm 0.8$.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierJHEP 1605 (2016) 160 JHEP 05 (2016) 160; DOI 10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)160
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27068
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into $ b\overline{b} $ produced in association with top quarks decaying hadronically in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=8 $ TeV with the ATLAS detector
dc.typejournal article
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