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A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons

A search for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons is described. The analysis is performed using a dataset recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC from pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7~TeV, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.8~fb$^{-1}$. Limits are set on the cross sec...

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Autor principal: CMS Collaboration
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1429931
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description A search for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons is described. The analysis is performed using a dataset recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC from pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7~TeV, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.8~fb$^{-1}$. Limits are set on the cross section of a standard model Higgs boson decaying to two photons. The expected exclusion limit at 95\% confidence level is between 1.2 and 2.1 times the standard model cross section in the mass range 110$-$150\,GeV. The observed limit excludes at 95\% confidence level a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons in the mass ranges 110.0$-$111.0, 117.5$-$120.5, 128.5$-$132.0, 139.0$-$140.0 and 146.0$-$147.0\,GeV. The largest excess of events over the expected background is observed around 125\,GeV. Taking into account the look-elsewhere effect in the search range 110$-$150\,GeV the excess has a global significance of 1.6 standard deviations. More data are required to ascertain the origin of this excess.
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spelling cern-14299312019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1429931CMS CollaborationA search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photonsParticle Physics - ExperimentA search for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons is described. The analysis is performed using a dataset recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC from pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7~TeV, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.8~fb$^{-1}$. Limits are set on the cross section of a standard model Higgs boson decaying to two photons. The expected exclusion limit at 95\% confidence level is between 1.2 and 2.1 times the standard model cross section in the mass range 110$-$150\,GeV. The observed limit excludes at 95\% confidence level a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons in the mass ranges 110.0$-$111.0, 117.5$-$120.5, 128.5$-$132.0, 139.0$-$140.0 and 146.0$-$147.0\,GeV. The largest excess of events over the expected background is observed around 125\,GeV. Taking into account the look-elsewhere effect in the search range 110$-$150\,GeV the excess has a global significance of 1.6 standard deviations. More data are required to ascertain the origin of this excess.CMS-PAS-HIG-12-001oai:cds.cern.ch:14299312012
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A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title_full A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title_fullStr A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title_full_unstemmed A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title_short A search using multivariate techniques for a standard model Higgs boson decaying into two photons
title_sort search using multivariate techniques for a standard model higgs boson decaying into two photons
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/1429931
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