Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the $H$ to $Z Z$ to $\ell \ell \tau \tau$ decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV

CMS collaboration (2272 authors)Hollar, JonathanAlmeida, NunoBargassa, PedrameDavid Tinoco Mendes, AndreFaccioli, PietroFerreira Parracho, Pedro GuilhermeGallinaro, MicheleMusella, PasqualeNayak, ArunaPela, JoaoRibeiro, Pedro QuinazSeixas, JoaoVarela, JoaoVischia, PietroLloret Iglesias, LaraRodrigues Antunes, JoaoSilva, PedroLeonardo, Nuno2019-02-032019-02-032012-02http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2012)081http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26101A search is reported for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay mode H to ZZ to tau plus lepton pairs, where the leptons are either electrons or muons, in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 inverse femtobarn collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. No evidence is found for a significant deviation from the background expectation. An upper limit four to twelve times larger than the predicted value is set at 95% confidence level for the product of the standard model Higgs boson production cross section and decay branching fraction in the mass range 190 < m(H) < 600 GeV.engSearch for the standard model Higgs boson in the $H$ to $Z Z$ to $\ell \ell \tau \tau$ decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeVjournal article2019-02-03