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arxiv: 1303.6636 · v2 · pith:IGQ63AL2new · submitted 2013-03-26 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Scale-invariant resonance tagging in multijet events and new physics in Higgs pair production

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keywords productionpairfinalhiggsbackgroundfullyphysicsresonance
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We study resonant pair production of heavy particles in fully hadronic final states by means of jet substructure techniques. We propose a new resonance tagging strategy that smoothly interpolates between the highly boosted and fully resolved regimes, leading to uniform signal efficiencies and background rejection rates across a broad range of masses. Our method makes it possible to efficiently replace independent experimental searches, based on different final state topologies, with a single common analysis. As a case study, we apply our technique to pair production of Higgs bosons decaying into $b\bar{b}$ pairs in generic New Physics scenarios. We adopt as benchmark models radion and massive KK graviton production in warped extra dimensions. We find that despite the overwhelming QCD background, the $4b$ final state has enough sensitivity to provide a complementary handle in searches for enhanced Higgs pair production at the LHC.

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