Search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair and decaying to bottom quarks using a matrix element method
Nenhuma Miniatura disponível
Data
2015-06-09
Autores
Khachatryan, V.
Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Bergauer, T.
Dragicevic, M.
Eroe, J.
Friedl, M.
Fruehwirth, R.
Ghete, V. M.
Título da Revista
ISSN da Revista
Título de Volume
Editor
Springer
Resumo
A search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair and decaying to bottom quarks is presented. Events with hadronic jets and one or two oppositely charged leptons are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb(-1) collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. In order to separate the signal from the larger t (t) over bar + jets background, this analysis uses a matrix element method that assigns a probability density value to each reconstructed event under signal or background hypotheses. The ratio between the two values is used in a maximum likelihood fit to extract the signal yield. The results are presented in terms of the measured signal strength modifier, mu, relative to the standard model prediction for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV. The observed (expected) exclusion limit at a 95% confidence level is mu < 4.2 (3.3), corresponding to a best fit value <(mu)over cap> = 1.2(-1.5)(+1.6).
Descrição
Palavras-chave
Como citar
European Physical Journal C. New York: Springer, v. 75, n. 251, p. 1-282, 2015.