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Search for triple Higgs boson production in the 6b final state using pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Resumo:A search for the production of three Higgs bosons (\( HHH \)) in the \( b\bar{b}b\bar{b}b\bar{b} \) final state is presented. The search uses 126\,fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis targets both nonresonant and resonant production of \( HHH \). The resonant interpretations primarily consider a cascade decay topology of \( X \rightarrow SH \rightarrow HHH \) with masses of the new scalars \( X \) and \( S \) up to 1.5 and 1 TeV, respectively. In addition to scenarios where \( S \) is off-shell, the nonresonant interpretation includes a search for Standard Model \( HHH \) production, with limits on the trilinear and quartic Higgs self-coupling set. No evidence for \( HHH \) production is observed. An upper limit of 59 fb is set, at the 95% confidence level, on the cross section for Standard Model \( HHH \) production.
Autores principais:Castro, Nuno Filipe
Outros Autores:Onofre, A.; ATLAS Collaboration
Assunto:Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Ano:2025
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:A search for the production of three Higgs bosons (\( HHH \)) in the \( b\bar{b}b\bar{b}b\bar{b} \) final state is presented. The search uses 126\,fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis targets both nonresonant and resonant production of \( HHH \). The resonant interpretations primarily consider a cascade decay topology of \( X \rightarrow SH \rightarrow HHH \) with masses of the new scalars \( X \) and \( S \) up to 1.5 and 1 TeV, respectively. In addition to scenarios where \( S \) is off-shell, the nonresonant interpretation includes a search for Standard Model \( HHH \) production, with limits on the trilinear and quartic Higgs self-coupling set. No evidence for \( HHH \) production is observed. An upper limit of 59 fb is set, at the 95% confidence level, on the cross section for Standard Model \( HHH \) production.