Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H -> ZZ(()*()) -> 4l with the ATLAS detector


Aad G., Abbott B., Abdallah J., Abdelalim A. A., Abdesselam A., Abdinov O., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.705, no.5, pp.435-451, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 705 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.034
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.435-451
  • Keywords: LHC, ATLAS, Higgs, Leptons, PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS, TAUOLA, MASSES
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H -> ZZ(()*()) l(+)l(-)l'l'(-), where l = e, mu, is presented. Proton-proton collision data at root s = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector and corresponding to an average integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb(-1) are compared to the Standard Model expectations. Upper limits on the production cross section of a Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass between 110 and 600 GeV are derived. The observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit on the production cross section for a Higgs boson with a mass of 194 GeV, the region with the best expected sensitivity for this search, is 0.99 (1.01) times the Standard Model prediction. The Standard Model Higgs boson is excluded at 95% confidence level in the mass ranges 191-197, 199-200 and 214-224 GeV. (C) 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.