A search for a narrow, high-mass resonance decaying into Z and Higgs ( H) bosons is presented. The final state studied consists of a merged jet pair and a tau pair resulting from the decays of Z and H bosons, respectively. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of mass energy of 8 TeV, collected with the CMS experiment in 2012, and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1). In the resonance mass range of interest, which extends from 0.8 to 2.5 TeV, the Z and H bosons are produced with large momenta, which implies that the final products of the two quarks or the two tau leptons must be detected within a small angular interval. From a combination of all possible decay modes of the tau leptons, production cross sections in a range between 0.9 and 27.8 fb are excluded at 95% confidence level, depending on the resonance mass. (C) 2015 CERN for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Search for narrow high-mass resonances in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV decaying to a Z and a Higgs boson / Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Eroe, J., Fried, M., Fruehwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Hart, C., Hoermann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knuenz, V., Krammer, M., Kraetschmer, I., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - ELETTRONICO. - 748:(2015), pp. 255-277. [10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.011]

Search for narrow high-mass resonances in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV decaying to a Z and a Higgs boson

BARBAGLI, GIUSEPPE;CIULLI, VITALIANO;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;FOCARDI, ETTORE;GALLO, ELISABETTA;GONZI, SANDRO;GORI, VALENTINA;LENZI, PIERGIULIO;TROPIANO, ANTONIO;
2015

Abstract

A search for a narrow, high-mass resonance decaying into Z and Higgs ( H) bosons is presented. The final state studied consists of a merged jet pair and a tau pair resulting from the decays of Z and H bosons, respectively. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of mass energy of 8 TeV, collected with the CMS experiment in 2012, and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1). In the resonance mass range of interest, which extends from 0.8 to 2.5 TeV, the Z and H bosons are produced with large momenta, which implies that the final products of the two quarks or the two tau leptons must be detected within a small angular interval. From a combination of all possible decay modes of the tau leptons, production cross sections in a range between 0.9 and 27.8 fb are excluded at 95% confidence level, depending on the resonance mass. (C) 2015 CERN for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration. Published by Elsevier B.V.
2015
748
255
277
Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Bergauer, T.; Dragicevic, M.; Eroe, J.; Fried, M.; Fruehwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Hart, C.; H...espandi
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