Search for the standard model Higgs Boson in the decay channel H to ZZ(*) to q qbar l-l+ at CMS

A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to two $Z$ bosons with subsequent decay to a final state containing two leptons and two quark-jets, $\mathrm{H}\ra\mathrm{ZZ^{(*)}}\ra\mathrm{q\bar{q}}\ell^-\ell^+$ is presented. Results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6~fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7\,\text{Te\hspace{-.08em}V}$ and collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Selections to discriminate between signal and background events are based on kinematic and topological quantities including the angular spin correlations of the decay products. Events are further classified for analysis according to probability of the jets to originate from quarks of light or heavy flavor or from gluons. No evidence for a Higgs boson is found and upper limits on the Higgs boson production cross section are set in the range of masses between 130~GeV and 600~GeV.