Search for the Higgs boson in the $H \to$ WW(*) $\to \ell_\nu\ell_\nu$ decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS collaboration (3006 authors)Aguilar-Saavedra, Juan AntonioAmaral, PedroAnjos, NunoCarvalho, JoãoCastro, Nuno FilipeConde Muiño, PatriciaDo Valle Wemans, AndréFiolhais, MiguelGomes, AgostinhoGonçalo, RicardoJorge, PedroLopes, LourencoMachado Miguens, JoanaMaio, AméliaManeira, JoséOliveira, Miguel AlfonsoOnofre, AntónioPalma, AlbertoPina, João AntonioPinto, BelmiroSantos, HelenaSaraiva, JoãoSilva, JoséSoares, MaraVeloso, FilipeWolters, Helmut2019-02-032019-02-032011-12http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.111802http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26069A search for the Higgs boson has been performed in the H->WW->lvlv channel (l=e/mu) with an integrated luminosity of 2.05/fb of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess of events over the expected background is observed and limits on the Higgs boson production cross section are derived for a Higgs boson mass in the range 110<mH<300 GeV. The observations exclude the presence of a Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass 145<mH<206 GeV at 95% confidence level.engSearch for the Higgs boson in the $H \to$ WW(*) $\to \ell_\nu\ell_\nu$ decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV with the ATLAS detectorjournal article2019-02-03