Title
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay channel H→ZZ→4l in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
Date Issued
13 March 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Chatrchyan S.
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Tumasyan A.
Adam W.
Bergauer T.
Dragicevic M.
Erö J.
Fabjan C.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hammer J.
Hoch M.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
Kiesenhofer W.
Krammer M.
Liko D.
Mikulec I.
Pernicka M.
Rahbaran B.
Rohringer C.
Rohringer H.
Schöfbeck R.
Strauss J.
Taurok A.
Teischinger F.
Wagner P.
Waltenberger W.
Walzel G.
Widl E.
Wulz C.E.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Bansal S.
Benucci L.
Cornelis T.
De Wolf E.A.
Janssen X.
Luyckx S.
Maes T.
Mucibello L.
Ochesanu S.
Roland B.
Rougny R.
Selvaggi M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Van Spilbeeck A.
Blekman F.
Blyweert S.
D'hondt J.
Gonzalez Suarez R.
Kalogeropoulos A.
Maes M.
Olbrechts A.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Van Onsem G.P.
Villella I.
Charaf O.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Dero V.
Gay A.P.R.
Hammad G.H.
Hreus T.
Léonard A.
Marage P.E.
Thomas L.
Vander Velde C.
Vanlaer P.
Wickens J.
Adler V.
Beernaert K.
Cimmino A.
Costantini S.
Garcia G.
Grunewald M.
Klein B.
Lellouch J.
Marinov A.
Mccartin J.
Ocampo Rios A.A.
Ryckbosch D.
Strobbe N.
Thyssen F.
Tytgat M.
Vanelderen L.
Verwilligen P.
Walsh S.
Yazgan E.
Zaganidis N.
Basegmez S.
Bruno G.
Ceard L.
Abstract
A search for a Higgs boson in the four-lepton decay channel H→ZZ, with each Z boson decaying to an electron or muon pair, is reported. The search covers Higgs boson mass hypotheses in the range of 110<m H< 600GeV. The analysis uses data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7fb -1 recorded by the CMS detector in pp collisions at √s=7TeV from the LHC. Seventy-two events are observed with four-lepton invariant mass m 4->100GeV (with 13 below 160GeV), while 67.1±6.0 (9.5±1.3) events are expected from background. The four-lepton mass distribution is consistent with the expectation of standard model background production of ZZ pairs. Upper limits at 95% confidence level exclude the standard model Higgs boson in the ranges of 134-158GeV, 180-305GeV, and 340-465GeV. Small excesses of events are observed around masses of 119, 126, and 320GeV, making the observed limits weaker than expected in the absence of a signal. © 2012 CERN.
Volume
108
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84863373735
Source
Physical Review Letters
ISSN of the container
00319007
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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