Search for a standard model-like Higgs boson in the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels at the LHC

V. Khachatryan; A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; T. Bergauer; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; C. Fabjan; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; W. Kiesenhofer; V. Knünz; M. Krammer; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; R. Schöfbeck; J. Strauss; A. Taurok; W. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; M. Bansal; S. Bansal; T. Cornelis; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; S. Luyckx; S. Ochesanu; R. Rougny; M. Van De Klundert; H. Van Haevermaet; P. Van Mechelen; N. Van Remortel; S. Choi; B. Hong; S. K. Park; CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.048

Search for a standard model-like Higgs boson in the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels at the LHC

V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, C. Fabjan, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz, M. Krammer, I. Krätschmer, D. LikoI. Mikulec, D. Rabady, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, A. Taurok, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, M. Bansal, S. Bansal, T. Cornelis, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, S. Luyckx, S. Ochesanu, R. Rougny, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, P. Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, S. Choi, B. Hong, S. K. Park, CMS Collaboration

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A search is presented for a standard model-like Higgs boson decaying to the μ+μ- or e+e- final states based on proton-proton collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The data correspond to integrated luminosities of 5.0 fb^-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and 19.7 fb^-1 at 8 TeV for the μ+μ- search, and of 19.7 fb^-1 at 8 TeV for the e+e- search. Upper limits on the production cross section times branching fraction at the 95% confidence level are reported for Higgs boson masses in the range from 120 to 150 GeV. For a Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV decaying to μ+μ-, the observed (expected) upper limit on the production rate is found to be 7.4 (6.5-1.9+2.8) times the standard model value. This corresponds to an upper limit on the branching fraction of 0.0016. Similarly, for e+e-, an upper limit of 0.0019 is placed on the branching fraction, which is ≈3.7×105 times the standard model value. These results, together with recent evidence of the 125 GeV boson coupling to τ-leptons with a larger branching fraction consistent with the standard model, confirm that the leptonic couplings of the new boson are not flavour-universal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-207
Number of pages	24
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.048
Publication status	Published - 2015 May 11

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CMS
Dielectron
Dilepton
Dimuon
Electron
Higgs
Higgs boson
Lepton
Muon
Physics

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knünz, V., Krammer, M., Krätschmer, I., ... CMS Collaboration (2015). Search for a standard model-like Higgs boson in the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels at the LHC. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 744, 184-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.048

Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Fabjan, C, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, VM, Hartl, C, Hörmann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Kiesenhofer, W, Knünz, V, Krammer, M, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, H, Schöfbeck, R, Strauss, J, Taurok, A, Treberer-Treberspurg, W, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Mossolov, V, Shumeiko, N, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Alderweireldt, S, Bansal, M, Bansal, S, Cornelis, T, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Knutsson, A, Luyckx, S, Ochesanu, S, Rougny, R, Van De Klundert, M, Van Haevermaet, H, Van Mechelen, P, Van Remortel, N, Choi, S , Hong, B, Park, SK & CMS Collaboration 2015, 'Search for a standard model-like Higgs boson in the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels at the LHC', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 744, pp. 184-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.048

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