Search for nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

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Search for nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. / The CMS collaboration.

In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2021, No. 3, 257, 03.2021.

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@article{cc7eff43bdb945c0a0ec39ea19965e96,

title = "Search for nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV",

abstract = "A search for nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs via gluon-gluon and vector boson fusion processes in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons is presented. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. No significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. An upper limit at 95% confidence level is set on the product of the Higgs boson pair production cross section and branching fraction into γγb b ¯. The observed (expected) upper limit is determined to be 0.67 (0.45) fb, which corresponds to 7.7 (5.2) times the standard model prediction. This search has the highest sensitivity to Higgs boson pair production to date. Assuming all other Higgs boson couplings are equal to their values in the standard model, the observed coupling modifiers of the trilinear Higgs boson self-coupling κλ and the coupling between a pair of Higgs bosons and a pair of vector bosons c2V are constrained within the ranges −3.3 < κλ< 8.5 and −1.3 < c2V< 3.5 at 95% confidence level. Constraints on κλ are also set by combining this analysis with a search for single Higgs bosons decaying to two photons, produced in association with top quark-antiquark pairs, and by performing a simultaneous fit of κλ and the top quark Yukawa coupling modifier κt.",

keywords = "Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Higgs physics",

author = "{The CMS collaboration} and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and Pitters, {F. M.} and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and M. Spanring and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and M. Zarucki and V. Chekhovsky and A. Litomin and V. Makarenko and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and X. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Putte}, S. and {Van Remortel}, N. and F. Blekman and Bols, {E. S.} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and {De Clercq}, J. and S. Lowette and S. Moortgat and A. Morton and D. M{\"u}ller and Sahasransu, {A. R.} and S. Tavernier and {Van Doninck}, W. and {Van Mulders}, P. and V. Blinov and T. Dimova and L. Kardapoltsev and I. Ovtin and Y. Skovpen and S. Zakharov",

year = "2021",

month = mar,

doi = "10.1007/JHEP03(2021)257",

language = "English",

volume = "2021",

journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",

issn = "1029-8479",

publisher = "Springer US",

number = "3",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

AU - The CMS collaboration

AU - Sirunyan, A. M.

AU - Tumasyan, A.

AU - Adam, W.

AU - Bergauer, T.

AU - Dragicevic, M.

AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.

AU - Frühwirth, R.

AU - Jeitler, M.

AU - Krammer, N.

AU - Lechner, L.

AU - Liko, D.

AU - Mikulec, I.

AU - Pitters, F. M.

AU - Schieck, J.

AU - Schöfbeck, R.

AU - Spanring, M.

AU - Templ, S.

AU - Waltenberger, W.

AU - Wulz, C. E.

AU - Zarucki, M.

AU - Chekhovsky, V.

AU - Litomin, A.

AU - Makarenko, V.

AU - Darwish, M. R.

AU - De Wolf, E. A.

AU - Janssen, X.

AU - Kello, T.

AU - Lelek, A.

AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.

AU - Van Mechelen, P.

AU - Van Putte, S.

AU - Van Remortel, N.

AU - Blekman, F.

AU - Bols, E. S.

AU - D’Hondt, J.

AU - De Clercq, J.

AU - Lowette, S.

AU - Moortgat, S.

AU - Morton, A.

AU - Müller, D.

AU - Sahasransu, A. R.

AU - Tavernier, S.

AU - Van Doninck, W.

AU - Van Mulders, P.

AU - Blinov, V.

AU - Dimova, T.

AU - Kardapoltsev, L.

AU - Ovtin, I.

AU - Skovpen, Y.

AU - Zakharov, S.

PY - 2021/3

Y1 - 2021/3

N2 - A search for nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs via gluon-gluon and vector boson fusion processes in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons is presented. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. No significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. An upper limit at 95% confidence level is set on the product of the Higgs boson pair production cross section and branching fraction into γγb b ¯. The observed (expected) upper limit is determined to be 0.67 (0.45) fb, which corresponds to 7.7 (5.2) times the standard model prediction. This search has the highest sensitivity to Higgs boson pair production to date. Assuming all other Higgs boson couplings are equal to their values in the standard model, the observed coupling modifiers of the trilinear Higgs boson self-coupling κλ and the coupling between a pair of Higgs bosons and a pair of vector bosons c2V are constrained within the ranges −3.3 < κλ< 8.5 and −1.3 < c2V< 3.5 at 95% confidence level. Constraints on κλ are also set by combining this analysis with a search for single Higgs bosons decaying to two photons, produced in association with top quark-antiquark pairs, and by performing a simultaneous fit of κλ and the top quark Yukawa coupling modifier κt.

AB - A search for nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs via gluon-gluon and vector boson fusion processes in final states with two bottom quarks and two photons is presented. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. No significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. An upper limit at 95% confidence level is set on the product of the Higgs boson pair production cross section and branching fraction into γγb b ¯. The observed (expected) upper limit is determined to be 0.67 (0.45) fb, which corresponds to 7.7 (5.2) times the standard model prediction. This search has the highest sensitivity to Higgs boson pair production to date. Assuming all other Higgs boson couplings are equal to their values in the standard model, the observed coupling modifiers of the trilinear Higgs boson self-coupling κλ and the coupling between a pair of Higgs bosons and a pair of vector bosons c2V are constrained within the ranges −3.3 < κλ< 8.5 and −1.3 < c2V< 3.5 at 95% confidence level. Constraints on κλ are also set by combining this analysis with a search for single Higgs bosons decaying to two photons, produced in association with top quark-antiquark pairs, and by performing a simultaneous fit of κλ and the top quark Yukawa coupling modifier κt.

KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

KW - Higgs physics

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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP03(2021)257

DO - 10.1007/JHEP03(2021)257

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85104250522

VL - 2021

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

JF - Journal of High Energy Physics

SN - 1029-8479

IS - 3

M1 - 257

ER -

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