Anders, J. K.; Beck, H. P.; Chatterjee, M.; Ereditato, A.; Franconi, L.; Halser, L. (2022). Observation of electroweak production of two jets in association with an isolated photon and missing transverse momentum, and search for a Higgs boson decaying into invisible particles at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 82(2) Springer 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09878-z
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This paper presents a measurement of the electroweak production of two jets in association with a Zγ pair, with the Z boson decaying into two neutrinos. It also presents a search for invisible or partially invisible decays of a Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV produced through vector-boson fusion with a photon in the final state. These results use data from LHC proton–proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1. The event signature, shared by all benchmark processes considered for the measurements and searches, is characterized by a significant amount of unbalanced transverse momentum and a photon in the final state, in addition to a pair of forward jets. Electroweak Zγ production in association with two jets is observed in this final state with a significance of 5.2 (5.1 expected) standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross-section for this process is 1.31±0.29 fb. An observed (expected) upper limit of 0.37 (0.34+0.15−0.10) at 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio of a 125 GeV Higgs boson to invisible particles, assuming the Standard Model production cross-section. The signature is also interpreted in the context of decays of a Higgs boson into a photon and a dark photon. An observed (expected) 95% CL upper limit on the branching ratio for this decay is set at 0.018 (0.017+0.007−0.005), assuming the Standard Model production cross-section for a 125 GeV Higgs boson.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) 10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Anders, John Kenneth, Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Ereditato, Antonio, Franconi, Laura, Halser, Lea |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
1434-6044 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
BORIS Import LHEP |
Date Deposited: |
05 Apr 2023 12:53 |
Last Modified: |
13 Apr 2023 14:54 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09878-z |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; ATLAS collaboration |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/181457 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/181457 |