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Prospects for the Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in ATLAS using Vector Boson Fusion

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S.Asai, G.Azuelos, C.Buttar, V.Cavasinni, D.Costanzo, K.Cranmer, R.Harper, K.Jakobs
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J.Kanzaki, M.Klute, R.Mazini, B.Mellado, W.Quayle, E.Richter-Was, T.Takemoto, I.Vivarelli, Sau Lan Wu

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 24 Feb 2004

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The authors' main claim The results obtained demonstrate the large discovery potential in the H -> WW decay channel and the sensitivity to Higgs boson decays into tau-pairs in the low-mass region around 120 GeV.

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CitationB.Mellado, C.Buttar, D.Costanzo, E.Richter-Was, G.Azuelos, I.Vivarelli, J.Kanzaki, K.Cranmer, K.Jakobs, M.Klute, R.Harper, R.Mazini, S.Asai, Sau Lan Wu, T.Takemoto, V.Cavasinni, W.Quayle. "Prospects for the Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in ATLAS using Vector Boson Fusion." arXiv:hep-ph/0402254 (2004). https://pith.science/paper/CZ4EKJ5K
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The potential for the discovery of a Standard Model Higgs boson in the mass range m_H < 2 m_Z in the vector boson fusion mode has been studied for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The characteristic signatures of additional jets in the forward regions of the detector and of low jet activity in the central region allow for an efficient background rejection. Analyses for the H -> WW and H -> tau tau decay modes have been performed using a realistic simulation of the expected detector performance. The results obtained demonstrate the large discovery potential in the H -> WW decay channel and the sensitivity to Higgs boson decays into tau-pairs in the low-mass region around 120 GeV.

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s1 The characteristic signatures of additional jets in the forward regions of the detector and of low jet activity in the central region allow for an efficient background rejection. method 0.94 0.30 0.04 asserted 0.97
s2 Analyses for the H -> WW and H -> tau tau decay modes have been performed using a realistic simulation of the expected detector performance. method 0.89 0.88 0.04 asserted 0.98
s3 The results obtained demonstrate the large discovery potential in the H -> WW decay channel and the sensitivity to Higgs boson decays into tau-pairs in the low-mass region around 120 GeV. result 0.84 0.90 0.87 asserted 1.00

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The potential for the discovery of a Standard Model Higgs boson in the mass range m_H < 2 m_Z in the vector boson fusion mode has been studied for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The characteristic signatures of additional jets in the forward regions of the detector and of low jet activity in the central region allow for an efficient background rejection. Analyses for the H -> WW and H -> tau tau decay modes have been performed using a realistic simulation of the expected detector performance. The results obtained demonstrate the large discovery potential in the H -> WW decay channel and the sensitivity to Higgs boson decays into tau-pairs in the low-mass region around 120 GeV.

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  • [ref] for ATLAS [ref] and now, a more detailed study is being undergone using state of the art Monte Carlo generators and a fully detailed simulation of the detector.

    Study of Vector Boson Fusion Higgs in Atlas-LHC · VBF $H →τ^+ τ^-$ in ATLAS · 0.91

Uses its method or tool 2 papers
  • To assess the reach of planned LHC searches for the nonstandard decay mode described above, we use the vector boson fusion Higgs study done for Atlas [ref] [The newest Atlas study of this mode [ref] uses more elaborate analysis techniques which make their analysis difficult to duplicate for our signal.].

    Discovering a Nonstandard Higgs in a Standard Way · Higgs Production in Vector Boson Fusion at the LHC · 0.82

  • Proceeding in a similar way as in Ref. [ref] , we have imposed the following basic selection cuts on the Higgs signal and the backgrounds:

    Measuring the Higgs boson mass with transverse mass variables · Measuring the Higgs boson mass in VBF · 0.95

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  • The backgrounds for this process consist of $t t̅$, $W W +$ jets and $γ^*/Z +$ jets events, and was found to be $1.33$ fb [ref] for the $e^+ e^- + μ^+ μ^-$ channel.

    Discovering a Nonstandard Higgs in a Standard Way · Higgs Production in Vector Boson Fusion at the LHC · 1.00

  • The ATLAS background estimate in this mode was 1.33 fb [ref] .

    Nonstandard Higgs Decays · VECTOR BOSON FUSION: $h→l^+ l^- +$ · 1.00

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  • We found our results to be within $20%$, and consider this discrepancy as reasonable given that the detector simulation that we used is different than the one used in [ref] , which used ATLFAST.

    Discovering a Nonstandard Higgs in a Standard Way · Higgs Production in Vector Boson Fusion at the LHC · 1.00

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  • One then often considers the transverse mass of the $W$ pair, $M_T(WW)$, defined in Eq. ([ref]), as the main observable to probe the Higgs signal event [ref] .

    Measuring the Higgs boson mass with transverse mass variables · Distinctive features of the transverse mass variables · 0.85

  • For a SM-like Higgs boson, the vector boson fusion process, $qq→qqh$, is expected to provide Higgs signals in the $h→W^+W^-$ [ref] , $h→τ^+τ^-$ [ref] , and/or $h→γγ$ [ref] decay channels [ref] , depending on the Higgs boson mass, and produce crucial information for extracting the size of Higgs boson couplings [ref] .

    Azimuthal Angle Correlations for Higgs Boson plus Multi-Jet Events · Introduction · 0.85

  • The coupling constants of the sole physical Higgs scalar to the rest of the SM particles are completely determined by their masses, and consequently there is little guesswork involved in determining the most promising channels [ref] in which one might hope to discover such a scalar.

    The LHC Discovery Potential of a Leptophilic Higgs · Introduction · 0.80

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