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Search for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in final states with leptons, taus, and photons in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Resumo:A search is presented for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production, targeting the \( bbZZ \), \( 4V \) (\( V = W \) or \( Z \)), \( V V \tau \tau \), \( 4\tau \), \( \gamma\gamma V V \) and \( \gamma\gamma\tau \tau \) decay channels. Events are categorised based on the multiplicity of light charged leptons (electrons or muons), hadronically decaying tau leptons, and photons. The search is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at \( \sqrt{s} = 13 \) TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of \( 140 \, \text{fb}^{-1} \). No evidence of the signal is found and the observed (expected) upper limit on the cross-section for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production is determined to be 17 (11) times the Standard Model predicted cross-section at 95% confidence level under the background-only hypothesis. The observed (expected) constraints on the HHH coupling modifier, \( \kappa_\lambda \), are determined to be \( -6.2 < \kappa_\lambda < 11.6 \) (\( -4.5 < \kappa_\lambda < 9.6 \)) at 95% confidence level, assuming the Standard Model for the expected limits and that new physics would only affect \( \kappa_\lambda \).
Autores principais:Castro, Nuno Filipe
Outros Autores:Onofre, A.; ATLAS Collaboration
Assunto:Hadron-Hadron Scattering Higgs Physics
Ano:2024
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 is presented for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production, targeting the \( bbZZ \), \( 4V \) (\( V = W \) or \( Z \)), \( V V \tau \tau \), \( 4\tau \), \( \gamma\gamma V V \) and \( \gamma\gamma\tau \tau \) decay channels. Events are categorised based on the multiplicity of light charged leptons (electrons or muons), hadronically decaying tau leptons, and photons. The search is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at \( \sqrt{s} = 13 \) TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of \( 140 \, \text{fb}^{-1} \). No evidence of the signal is found and the observed (expected) upper limit on the cross-section for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production is determined to be 17 (11) times the Standard Model predicted cross-section at 95% confidence level under the background-only hypothesis. The observed (expected) constraints on the HHH coupling modifier, \( \kappa_\lambda \), are determined to be \( -6.2 < \kappa_\lambda < 11.6 \) (\( -4.5 < \kappa_\lambda < 9.6 \)) at 95% confidence level, assuming the Standard Model for the expected limits and that new physics would only affect \( \kappa_\lambda \).