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Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson at CMS

We searched for the standard model Higgs boson in 11 different decay channels using approximately 5 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of 7 TeV pp collisions data collected with the CMS detector at LHC. Combining the results we exclude at 95\% confidence level the standard model Higgs boson with a mass between...

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Autor principal: Bornheim, Adolf
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1560444
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Sumario:We searched for the standard model Higgs boson in 11 different decay channels using approximately 5 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of 7 TeV pp collisions data collected with the CMS detector at LHC. Combining the results we exclude at 95\% confidence level the standard model Higgs boson with a mass between 127.5 and 600 GeV. The expected 95\% confidence level exclusion if the Higgs boson is not present is from 114.5 and 543 GeV. The observed exclusion is weaker than expected at low mass because of some excess of events observed in the data. The most significant excess is found at 125 GeV with a local significance of $2.8 \sigma$, a global significance of $0.8 \sigma$ in the full search range and of $2.1 \sigma$ in the range 110--145 GeV. The excess is consistent both with background fluctuation and a standard model Higgs boson with mass of about 125 GeV. More data are needed to investigate its origin.