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Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS

The discovery of a low mass Higgs boson is particularly challenging because the leading decay mode is H -> b bbar for a Higgs mass mH < 135 GeV/c2. Direct Higgs production is thus overwhelmed by the more mundane QCD production of b bbar pairs. This leads one to more rare, but also more accessi...

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Autores principales: Benedetti, Daniele, Cucciarelli, Susanna, Hill, Christopher, Incandela, Joe, Koay, Sue Ann, Riccardi, Cristina, Santocchia, Attilio, Schmidt, Alexander, Torre, Paola, Weiser, Christian
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Publicado: 2006
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/973119
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author Benedetti, Daniele
Cucciarelli, Susanna
Hill, Christopher
Incandela, Joe
Koay, Sue Ann
Riccardi, Cristina
Santocchia, Attilio
Schmidt, Alexander
Torre, Paola
Weiser, Christian
author_facet Benedetti, Daniele
Cucciarelli, Susanna
Hill, Christopher
Incandela, Joe
Koay, Sue Ann
Riccardi, Cristina
Santocchia, Attilio
Schmidt, Alexander
Torre, Paola
Weiser, Christian
author_sort Benedetti, Daniele
collection CERN
description The discovery of a low mass Higgs boson is particularly challenging because the leading decay mode is H -> b bbar for a Higgs mass mH < 135 GeV/c2. Direct Higgs production is thus overwhelmed by the more mundane QCD production of b bbar pairs. This leads one to more rare, but also more accessible modes such as H -> gamma gamma. Nevertheless, the degree to which the Higgs is manifested in a variety of channels and modes could hold important clues to its true identity, and whether it heralds from a more rich Higgs sector than that of the Standard Model. A potentially promising channel is the production of Higgs in association with a t tbar pair. The search for H -> b bbar is enhanced by properties of top quark decays that allow a dramatic reduction in possible backgrounds. These events contain four energetic b jets and fall into three salient subclasses depending upon whether neither, one, or both of the W bosons in the event decay to electrons or muons and their respective neutrinos. In this note we present results of studies of all three subclasses of t tbar H events in CMS with an integrated luminosity of 60 fb^-1. The search for a low mass Higgs in t tbar H relies upon every ubsystem in the CMS experiment and relies particularly strongly upon the CMS Tracking System. It is very challenging.
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spelling cern-9731192019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/973119engBenedetti, DanieleCucciarelli, SusannaHill, ChristopherIncandela, JoeKoay, Sue AnnRiccardi, CristinaSantocchia, AttilioSchmidt, AlexanderTorre, PaolaWeiser, ChristianSearch for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMSDetectors and Experimental TechniquesThe discovery of a low mass Higgs boson is particularly challenging because the leading decay mode is H -> b bbar for a Higgs mass mH < 135 GeV/c2. Direct Higgs production is thus overwhelmed by the more mundane QCD production of b bbar pairs. This leads one to more rare, but also more accessible modes such as H -> gamma gamma. Nevertheless, the degree to which the Higgs is manifested in a variety of channels and modes could hold important clues to its true identity, and whether it heralds from a more rich Higgs sector than that of the Standard Model. A potentially promising channel is the production of Higgs in association with a t tbar pair. The search for H -> b bbar is enhanced by properties of top quark decays that allow a dramatic reduction in possible backgrounds. These events contain four energetic b jets and fall into three salient subclasses depending upon whether neither, one, or both of the W bosons in the event decay to electrons or muons and their respective neutrinos. In this note we present results of studies of all three subclasses of t tbar H events in CMS with an integrated luminosity of 60 fb^-1. The search for a low mass Higgs in t tbar H relies upon every ubsystem in the CMS experiment and relies particularly strongly upon the CMS Tracking System. It is very challenging.CMS-NOTE-2006-119oai:cds.cern.ch:9731192006-06-12
spellingShingle Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Benedetti, Daniele
Cucciarelli, Susanna
Hill, Christopher
Incandela, Joe
Koay, Sue Ann
Riccardi, Cristina
Santocchia, Attilio
Schmidt, Alexander
Torre, Paola
Weiser, Christian
Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title_full Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title_fullStr Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title_full_unstemmed Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title_short Search for $H \to b\overline{b}$ in Association with a ttbar Pair at CMS
title_sort search for $h \to b\overline{b}$ in association with a ttbar pair at cms
topic Detectors and Experimental Techniques
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/973119
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