TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for tt¯ H/ A→ tt¯ tt¯ production in the multilepton final state in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Åkesson, T.P.A.
AU - Corrigan, E.E.
AU - Doglioni, C.
AU - Ekman, P.A.
AU - Geisen, J.
AU - Hedberg, V.
AU - Jarlskog, G.
AU - Konya, B.
AU - Lytken, E.
AU - Mankinen, K.H.
AU - Marcon, C.
AU - Mjörnmark, J.U.
AU - Mullier, G.A.
AU - Poettgen, R.
AU - Simpson, N.D.
AU - Skorda, E.
AU - Smirnova, O.
AU - Zwalinski, L.
AU - ATLAS Collaboration
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - A search for a new heavy scalar or pseudo-scalar Higgs boson (H/A) produced in association with a pair of top quarks, with the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of top quarks (H/A → tt¯) is reported. The search targets a final state with exactly two leptons with same-sign electric charges or at least three leptons. The analysed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb −1 of proton–proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Two multivariate classifiers are used to separate the signal from the background. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of a type-II two-Higgs-doublet model. The observed (expected) upper limits at 95% confidence level on the tt¯ H/ A production cross-section times the branching ratio of H/A → tt¯ range between 14 (10) fb and 6 (5) fb for a heavy Higgs boson with mass between 400 GeV and 1000 GeV, respectively. Assuming that only one particle, either the scalar H or the pseudo-scalar A, contributes to the tt¯ tt¯ final state, values of tan β below 1.2 or 0.5 are excluded for a mass of 400 GeV or 1000 GeV, respectively. These exclusion ranges increase to tan β below 1.6 or 0.6 when both particles are considered. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2023, The Author(s).
AB - A search for a new heavy scalar or pseudo-scalar Higgs boson (H/A) produced in association with a pair of top quarks, with the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of top quarks (H/A → tt¯) is reported. The search targets a final state with exactly two leptons with same-sign electric charges or at least three leptons. The analysed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb −1 of proton–proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Two multivariate classifiers are used to separate the signal from the background. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of a type-II two-Higgs-doublet model. The observed (expected) upper limits at 95% confidence level on the tt¯ H/ A production cross-section times the branching ratio of H/A → tt¯ range between 14 (10) fb and 6 (5) fb for a heavy Higgs boson with mass between 400 GeV and 1000 GeV, respectively. Assuming that only one particle, either the scalar H or the pseudo-scalar A, contributes to the tt¯ tt¯ final state, values of tan β below 1.2 or 0.5 are excluded for a mass of 400 GeV or 1000 GeV, respectively. These exclusion ranges increase to tan β below 1.6 or 0.6 when both particles are considered. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2023, The Author(s).
KW - Beyond Standard Model
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
KW - Top Physics
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)203
DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)203
M3 - Article
SN - 1029-8479
VL - 2023
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 203
ER -