A search for resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a new particle X in the XH → qqbb final state with the ATLAS detector

Aaboud M., T. Åkesson, S. Bocchetta, E. Corrigan, C. Doglioni, V. Hedberg, G. Jarlskog, C. Kalderon, E. Kellermann, B. Konya, E. Lytken, K. Mankinen, U. Mjörnmark, R. Poettgen, T. Poulsen, O. Smirnova, O. Viazlo, Zwalinski L., ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

A search for heavy resonances decaying into a Higgs boson (H) and a new particle (X) is reported, utilizing 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at s=13TeV collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The particle X is assumed to decay to a pair of light quarks, and the fully hadronic final state XH→qq¯′bb¯ is analysed. The search considers the regime of high XH resonance masses, where the X and H bosons are both highly Lorentz-boosted and are each reconstructed using a single jet with large radius parameter. A two-dimensional phase space of XH mass versus X mass is scanned for evidence of a signal, over a range of XH resonance mass values between 1 TeV and 4 TeV, and for X particles with masses from 50 GeV to 1000 GeV. All search results are consistent with the expectations for the background due to Standard Model processes, and 95% CL upper limits are set, as a function of XH and X masses, on the production cross-section of the XH→qq¯′bb¯ resonance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24-45
Number of pages22
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume779
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Subatomic Physics

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