A search for pairs of Higgs bosons produced via gluon and vector boson fusion is presented, focusing on the four b quark final state. The data sample consists of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). No deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. A 95% confidence level upper limit on the Higgs boson pair production cross section is observed at 3.9 times the standard model prediction for an expected value of 7.8. Constraints are also set on the modifiers of the Higgs field selfcoupling,.., and of the coupling of two Higgs bosons to two vector bosons,.2V. The observed (expected) allowed intervals at the 95% confidence level are -2.3 < kappa(lambda) < 9.4 (-5.0 < kappa(lambda) < 12.0) and -0.1 < kappa(2V) < 2.2 (-0.4 < kappa(2V) < 2.5). These are the most stringent observed constraints to date on the HH production cross section and on the kappa(2V) coupling.

Search for Higgs Boson Pair Production in the Four b Quark Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV / Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Andrejkovic, J W; Bergauer, T; Chatterjee, S; Damanakis, K; Dragicevic, M; Del Valle, A Escalante; Frühwirth, R; Jeitler, M; Krammer, N; Lechner, L; Liko, D; Mikulec, I; Paulitsch, P; Pitters, F M; Schieck, J; Schöfbeck, R; Schwarz, D; Templ, S; Waltenberger, W; Wulz, C-E; Chekhovsky, V; Litomin, A; Makarenko, V; Darwish, M R; De Wolf, E A; Janssen, T; Kello, T; Lelek, A; Sfar, H Rejeb; Van Mechelen, P; Van Putte, S; Van Remortel, N; Blekman, F; Bols, E S; D'Hondt, J; Delcourt, M; Faham, H El; Lowette, S; Moortgat, S; Morton, A; Müller, D; Sahasransu, A R; Tavernier, S; Van Doninck, W; Beghin, D; Bilin, B; Clerbaux, B; De Lentdecker, G; Favart, L; Grebenyuk, A; Kalsi, A K; Lee, K; Mahdavikhorrami, M; Makarenko, I; Moureaux, L; Pétré, L; Popov, A; Postiau, N; Starling, E; Thomas, L; Vanden Bemden, M; Vander Velde, C; Vanlaer, P; Cornelis, T; Dobur, D; Knolle, J; Lambrecht, L; Mestdach, G; Niedziela, M; Roskas, C; Samalan, A; Skovpen, K; Tytgat, M; Vermassen, B; Wezenbeek, L; Benecke, A; Bethani, A; Bruno, G; Bury, F; Caputo, C; David, P; Delaere, C; Donertas, I S; Giammanco, A; Jaffel, K; Jain, Sa; Lemaitre, V; Mondal, K; Prisciandaro, J; Taliercio, A; Teklishyn, M; Tran, T T; Vischia, P; Wertz, S; Alves, G A; Hensel, C; Moraes, A; Teles, P Rebello; Júnior, W L Aldá; Pereira, M Alves Gallo; Filho, M Barroso Ferreira; Malbouisson, H Brandao; Carvalho, W; Chinellato, J; Da Costa, E M; Da Silveira, G G; Damiao, D De Jesus; De Souza, S Fonseca; Herrera, C Mora; Amarilo, K Mota; Mundim, L; Nogima, H; Santoro, A; Amaral, S M Silva Do; Sznajder, A; Thiel, M; De Araujo, F Torres Da Silva; Pereira, A Vilela; Bernardes, C A; Calligaris, L; Tomei, T R Fernandez Perez; Gregores, E M; Lemos, D S; Mercadante, P G; Novaes, S F; Padula, Sandra S; Aleksandrov, A; Antchev, G; Hadjiiska, R; Iaydjiev, P; Misheva, M; Rodozov, M; Shopova, M; Sultanov, G; Dimitrov, A; Ivanov, T; Litov, L; Pavlov, B; Petkov, P; Petrov, A; Cheng, T; Javaid, T; Mittal, M; Yuan, L; Ahmad, M; Bauer, G; Dozen, C; Hu, Z; Martins, J; Wang, Y; Yi, K; Chapon, E; Chen, G M; Chen, H S; Chen, M; Iemmi, F; Kapoor, A; Leggat, D; Liao, H; Liu, Z-A; Milosevic, V; Monti, F; Sharma, R; Tao, J; Thomas-Wilsker, J; Wang, J; Zhang, H; Zhao, J; Agapitos, A; An, Y; Ban, Y; Chen, C; Levin, A; Li, Q; Lyu, X; Mao, Y; Qian, S J; Wang, D; Xiao, J; Lu, M; You, Z; Gao, X; Okawa, H; Zhang, Y; Lin, Z; Xiao, M; Avila, C; Cabrera, A; Florez, C; Fraga, J; Guisao, J Mejia; Ramirez, F; Alvarez, J D Ruiz; González, C A Salazar; Giljanovic, D; Godinovic, N; Lelas, D; Puljak, I; Antunovic, Z; Kovac, M; Sculac, T; Brigljevic, V; Ferencek, D; Majumder, D; Roguljic, M; Starodumov, A; Susa, T; Attikis, A; Christoforou, K; Erodotou, E; Ioannou, A; Kole, G; Kolosova, M; Konstantinou, S; Mousa, J; Nicolaou, C; Ptochos, F; Razis, P A; Rykaczewski, H; Saka, H; Finger, M; Finger, M; Kveton, A; Ayala, E; Jarrin, E Carrera; Elgammal, S; Khalil, S; Mahmoud, M A; Mohammed, Y; Bhowmik, S; Dewanjee, R K; Ehataht, K; Kadastik, M; Nandan, S; Nielsen, C; Pata, J; Raidal, M; Tani, L; Veelken, C; Eerola, P; Forthomme, L; Kirschenmann, H; Osterberg, K; Voutilainen, M; Bharthuar, S; Brücken, E; Garcia, F; Havukainen, J; Kim, M S; Kinnunen, R; Lampén, T; Lassila-Perini, K; Lehti, S; Lindén, T; Lotti, M; Martikainen, L; Myllymäki, M; Ott, J; Siikonen, H; Tuominen, E; Tuominiemi, J; Luukka, P; Petrow, H; Tuuva, T; Amendola, C; Besancon, M; Couderc, F; Dejardin, M; Denegri, D; Faure, J L; Ferri, F; Ganjour, S; Gras, P; de Monchenault, G Hamel; Jarry, P; Lenzi, B; Locci, E; Malcles, J; Rander, J; Rosowsky, A; Sahin, M Ö; Savoy-Navarro, A; Titov, M; Yu, G B; Ahuja, S; Beaudette, F; Bonanomi, M; Perraguin, A Buchot; Busson, P; Cappati, A; Charlot, C; Davignon, O; Diab, B; Falmagne, G; Ghosh, S; de Cassagnac, R Granier; Hakimi, A; Kucher, I; Motta, J; Nguyen, M; Ochando, C; Paganini, P; Rembser, J; Salerno, R; Sarkar, U; Sauvan, J B; Sirois, Y; Tarabini, A; Zabi, A; Zghiche, A; Agram, J-L; Andrea, J; Apparu, D; Bloch, D; Bourgatte, G; Brom, J-M; Chabert, E C; Collard, C; Darej, D; Fontaine, J-C; Goerlach, U; Grimault, C; Le Bihan, A-C; Nibigira, E; Van Hove, P; Asilar, E; Beauceron, S; Bernet, C; Boudoul, G; Camen, C; Carle, A; Chanon, N; Contardo, D; Depasse, P; Mamouni, H El; Fay, J; Gascon, S; Gouzevitch, M; Ille, B; Laktineh, I B; Lattaud, H; Lesauvage, A; Lethuillier, M; Mirabito, L; Perries, S; Shchablo, K; Sordini, V; Torterotot, L; Touquet, G; Vander Donckt, M; Viret, S; Khvedelidze, A; Lomidze, I; Tsamalaidze, Z; Botta, V; Feld, L; Klein, K; Lipinski, M; Meuser, D; Pauls, A; Röwert, N; Schulz, J; Teroerde, M; Dodonova, A; Eliseev, D; Erdmann, M; Fackeldey, P; Fischer, B; Ghosh, S; Hebbeker, T; Hoepfner, K; Ivone, F; Mastrolorenzo, L; Merschmeyer, M; Meyer, A; Mocellin, G; Mondal, S; Mukherjee, S; Noll, D; Novak, A; Pook, T; Pozdnyakov, A; Rath, Y; Reithler, H; Roemer, J; Schmidt, A; Schuler, S C; Sharma, A; Vigilante, L; Wiedenbeck, S; Zaleski, S; Dziwok, C; Flügge, G; Ahmad, W Haj; Hlushchenko, O; Kress, T; Nowack, A; Pistone, C; Pooth, O; Roy, D; Stahl, A; Ziemons, T; Zotz, A; Petersen, H Aarup; Martin, M Aldaya; Asmuss, P; Baxter, S; Bayatmakou, M; Behnke, O; Martínez, A Bermúdez; Bhattacharya, S; Anuar, A A Bin; Borras, K; Brunner, D; Campbell, A; Cardini, A; Cheng, C; Colombina, F; Rodríguez, S Consuegra; Silva, G Correia; Danilov, V; De Silva, M; Didukh, L; Eckerlin, G; Eckstein, D; Banos, L I Estevez; Filatov, O; Gallo, E; Geiser, A; Giraldi, A; Grohsjean, A; Guthoff, M; Jafari, A; Jomhari, N Z; Jung, H; Kasem, A; Kasemann, M; Kaveh, H; Kleinwort, C; Kogler, R; Krücker, D; Lange, W; Lidrych, J; Lipka, K; Lohmann, W; Mankel, R; Melzer-Pellmann, I-A; Morentin, M Mendizabal; Metwally, J; Meyer, A B; Meyer, M; Mnich, J; Mussgiller, A; Otarid, Y; Adán, D Pérez; Pitzl, D; Raspereza, A; Lopes, B Ribeiro; Rübenach, J; Saggio, A; Saibel, A; Savitskyi, M; Scham, M; Scheurer, V; Schnake, S; Schütze, P; Schwanenberger, C; Shchedrolosiev, M; Ricardo, R E Sosa; Stafford, D; Tonon, N; Van De Klundert, M; Walsh, R; Walter, D; Wang, Q; Wen, Y; Wichmann, K; Wiens, L; Wissing, C; Wuchterl, S; Aggleton, R; Albrecht, S; Bein, S; Benato, L; Connor, P; De Leo, K; Eich, M; Feindt, F; Fröhlich, A; Garbers, C; Garutti, E; Gunnellini, P; Hajheidari, M; Haller, J; Hinzmann, A; Kasieczka, G; Klanner, R; Kramer, T; Kutzner, V; Lange, J; Lange, T; Lobanov, A; Malara, A; Nigamova, A; Rodriguez, K J Pena; Rieger, M; Rieger, O; Schleper, P; Schröder, M; Schwandt, J; Sonneveld, J; Stadie, H; Steinbrück, G; Tews, A; Zoi, I; Bechtel, J; Brommer, S; Burkart, M; Butz, E; Caspart, R; Chwalek, T; De Boer, W; Dierlamm, A; Droll, A; Morabit, K El; Faltermann, N; Giffels, M; Gosewisch, J O; Gottmann, A; Hartmann, F; Heidecker, C; Husemann, U; Keicher, P; Koppenhöfer, R; Maier, S; Metzler, M; Mitra, S; Müller, Th; Neukum, M; Nürnberg, A; Quast, G; Rabbertz, K; Rauser, J; Savoiu, D; Schnepf, M; Seith, D; Shvetsov, I; Simonis, H J; Ulrich, R; Van Der Linden, J; Von Cube, R F; Wassmer, M; Weber, M; Wieland, S; Wolf, R; Wozniewski, S; Wunsch, S; Anagnostou, G; Daskalakis, G; Geralis, T; Kyriakis, A; Loukas, D; Stakia, A; Diamantopoulou, M; Karasavvas, D; Karathanasis, G; Kontaxakis, P; Koraka, C K; Manousakis-Katsikakis, A; Panagiotou, A; Papavergou, I; Saoulidou, N; Theofilatos, K; Tziaferi, E; Vellidis, K; Vourliotis, E; Bakas, G; Kousouris, K; Papakrivopoulos, I; Tsipolitis, G; Zacharopoulou, A; Adamidis, K; Bestintzanos, I; Evangelou, I; Foudas, C; Gianneios, P; Katsoulis, P; Kokkas, P; Manthos, N; Papadopoulos, I; Strologas, J; Csanad, M; Farkas, K; Gadallah, M M A; Lökös, S; Major, P; Mandal, K; Mehta, A; Pasztor, G; Rádl, A J; Surányi, O; Veres, G I; Bartók, M; Bencze, G; Hajdu, C; Horvath, D; Sikler, F; Veszpremi, V; Czellar, S; Fasanella, D; Karancsi, J; Molnar, J; Szillasi, Z; Teyssier, D; Raics, P; Trocsanyi, Z L; Ujvari, B; Csorgo, T; Nemes, F; Novak, T; Choudhury, S; Komaragiri, J R; Kumar, D; Panwar, L; Tiwari, P C; Bahinipati, S; Kar, C; Mal, P; Mishra, T; Bindhu, V K Muraleedharan Nair; Nayak, A; Saha, P; Sur, N; Swain, S K; Vats, D; Bansal, S; Beri, S B; Bhatnagar, V; Chaudhary, G; Chauhan, S; Dhingra, N; Gupta, R; Kaur, A; Kaur, M; Kaur, S; Kumari, P; Meena, M; Sandeep, K; Singh, J B; Virdi, A K; Ahmed, A; Bhardwaj, A; Choudhary, B C; Gola, M; Keshri, S; Kumar, A; Naimuddin, M; Priyanka, P; Ranjan, K; Shah, A; Bharti, M; Bhattacharya, R; Bhattacharya, S; Bhowmik, D; Dutta, S; Dutta, S; Gomber, B; Maity, M; Palit, P; Rout, P K; Saha, G; Sahu, B; Sarkar, S; Sharan, M; Singh, B; Thakur, S; Behera, P K; Behera, S C; Kalbhor, P; Muhammad, A; Pradhan, R; Pujahari, P R; Sharma, A; Sikdar, A K; Dutta, D; Jha, V; Kumar, V; Mishra, D K; Naskar, K; Netrakanti, P K; Pant, L M; Shukla, P; Aziz, T; Dugad, S; Kumar, M; Mohanty, G B; Banerjee, S; Chudasama, R; Guchait, M; Karmakar, S; Kumar, S; Majumder, G; Mazumdar, K; Mukherjee, S; Alpana, K; Dube, S; Kansal, B; Laha, A; Pandey, S; Rane, A; Rastogi, A; Sharma, S; Bakhshiansohi, H; Khazaie, E; Zeinali, M; Chenarani, S; Etesami, S M; Khakzad, M; Najafabadi, M Mohammadi; Grunewald, M; Abbrescia, M; Aly, R; Aruta, C; Colaleo, A; Creanza, D; De Filippis, N; De Palma, M; Di Florio, A; Di Pilato, A; Elmetenawee, W; Fiore, L; Gelmi, A; Gul, M; Iaselli, G; Ince, M; Lezki, S; Maggi, G; Maggi, M; Margjeka, I; Mastrapasqua, V; My, S; Nuzzo, S; Pellecchia, A; Pompili, A; Pugliese, G; Ramos, D; Ranieri, A; Selvaggi, G; Silvestris, L; Simone, F M; Sözbilir, Ü; Venditti, R; Verwilligen, P; Abbiendi, G; Battilana, C; Bonacorsi, D; Borgonovi, L; Brigliadori, L; Campanini, R; Capiluppi, P; Castro, A; Cavallo, F R; Cuffiani, M; Dallavalle, G M; Diotalevi, T; Fabbri, F; Fanfani, A; Giacomelli, P; Giommi, L; Grandi, C; Guiducci, L; Meo, S Lo; Lunerti, L; Marcellini, S; Masetti, G; Navarria, F L; Perrotta, A; Primavera, F; Rossi, A M; Rovelli, T; Siroli, G P; Albergo, S; Costa, S; Di Mattia, A; Potenza, R; Tricomi, A; Tuve, C; Barbagli, G; Cassese, A; Ceccarelli, R; Ciulli, V; Civinini, C; D'Alessandro, R; Focardi, E; Latino, G; Lenzi, P; Lizzo, M; Meschini, M; Paoletti, S; Seidita, R; Sguazzoni, G; Viliani, L; Benussi, L; Bianco, S; Piccolo, D; Bozzo, M; Ferro, F; Mulargia, R; Robutti, E; Tosi, S; Benaglia, A; Boldrini, G; Brivio, F; Cetorelli, F; De Guio, F; Dinardo, M E; Dini, P; Gennai, S; Ghezzi, A; Govoni, P; Guzzi, L; Lucchini, M T; Malberti, M; Malvezzi, S; Massironi, A; Menasce, D; Moroni, L; Paganoni, M; Pedrini, D; Pinolini, B S; Ragazzi, S; Redaelli, N; de Fatis, T Tabarelli; Valsecchi, D; Zuolo, D; Buontempo, S; Carnevali, F; Cavallo, N; De Iorio, A; Fabozzi, F; Iorio, A O M; Lista, L; Meola, S; Paolucci, P; Rossi, B; Sciacca, C; Azzi, P; Bacchetta, N; Bisello, D; Bortignon, P; Bragagnolo, A; Carlin, R; Checchia, P; Dorigo, T; Dosselli, U; Gasparini, F; Gasparini, U; Grosso, G; Hoh, S Y; Layer, L; Lusiani, E; Margoni, M; Meneguzzo, A T; Pazzini, J; Ronchese, P; Rossin, R; Simonetto, F; Strong, G; Tosi, M; Yarar, H; Zanetti, M; Zotto, P; Zucchetta, A; Zumerle, G; Aime, C; Braghieri, A; Calzaferri, S; Fiorina, D; Montagna, P; Ratti, S P; Re, V; Riccardi, C; Salvini, P; Vai, I; Vitulo, P; Asenov, P; Bilei, G M; Ciangottini, D; Fanò, L; Magherini, M; Mantovani, G; Mariani, V; Menichelli, M; Moscatelli, F; Piccinelli, A; Presilla, M; Rossi, A; Santocchia, A; Spiga, D; Tedeschi, T; Azzurri, P; Bagliesi, G; Bertacchi, V; Bianchini, L; Boccali, T; Bossini, E; Castaldi, R; Ciocci, M A; D'Amante, V; Dell'Orso, R; Di Domenico, M R; Donato, S; Giassi, A; Ligabue, F; Manca, E; Mandorli, G; Figueiredo, D Matos; Messineo, A; Palla, F; Parolia, S; Ramirez-Sanchez, G; Rizzi, A; Rolandi, G; Chowdhury, S Roy; Scribano, A; Shafiei, N; Spagnolo, P; Tenchini, R; Tonelli, G; Turini, N; Venturi, A; Verdini, P G; Barria, P; Campana, M; Cavallari, F; Del Re, D; Di Marco, E; Diemoz, M; Longo, E; Meridiani, P; Organtini, G; Pandolfi, F; Paramatti, R; Quaranta, C; Rahatlou, S; Rovelli, C; Santanastasio, F; Soffi, L; Tramontano, R; Amapane, N; Arcidiacono, R; Argiro, S; Arneodo, M; Bartosik, N; Bellan, R; Bellora, A; Antequera, J Berenguer; Biino, C; Cartiglia, N; Cometti, S; Costa, M; Covarelli, R; Demaria, N; Kiani, B; Legger, F; Mariotti, C; Maselli, S; Migliore, E; Monteil, E; Monteno, M; Obertino, M M; Ortona, G; Pacher, L; Pastrone, N; Pelliccioni, M; Angioni, G L Pinna; Ruspa, M; Shchelina, K; Siviero, F; Sola, V; Solano, A; Soldi, D; Staiano, A; Tornago, M; Trocino, D; Vagnerini, A; Belforte, S; Candelise, V; Casarsa, M; Cossutti, F; Da Rold, A; Della Ricca, G; Sorrentino, G; Vazzoler, F; Dogra, S; Huh, C; Kim, B; Kim, D H; Kim, G N; Kim, J; Lee, J; Lee, S W; Moon, C S; Oh, Y D; Pak, S I; Radburn-Smith, B C; Sekmen, S; Yang, Y C; Kim, H; Moon, D H; Francois, B; Kim, T J; Park, J; Cho, S; Choi, S; Go, Y; Hong, B; Lee, K; Lee, K S; Lim, J; Park, J; Park, S K; Yoo, J; Goh, J; Gurtu, A; Kim, H S; Kim, Y; Almond, J; Bhyun, J H; Choi, J; Jeon, S; Kim, J; Kim, J S; Ko, S; Kwon, H; Lee, H; Lee, S; Oh, B H; Oh, M; Oh, S B; Seo, H; Yang, U K; Yoon, I; Jang, W; Kang, D Y; Kang, Y; Kim, S; Ko, B; Lee, J S H; Lee, Y; Merlin, J A; Park, I C; Roh, Y; Ryu, M S; Song, D; Watson, I J; Yang, S; Ha, S; Yoo, H D; Choi, M; Lee, H; Lee, Y; Yu, I; Beyrouthy, T; Maghrbi, Y; Dreimanis, K; Veckalns, V; Ambrozas, M; De Oliveira, A Carvalho Antunes; Juodagalvis, A; Rinkevicius, A; Tamulaitis, G; Norjoharuddeen, N Bin; Abdullah, W A T Wan; Yusli, M N; Zolkapli, Z; Benitez, J F; Hernandez, A Castaneda; Coello, M León; Quijada, J A Murillo; Sehrawat, A; Palomo, L Valencia; Ayala, G; Castilla-Valdez, H; De La Cruz-Burelo, E; La Cruz, I Heredia-De; Lopez-Fernandez, R; Herrera, C A Mondragon; Navarro, D A Perez; Hernández, A Sánchez; Moreno, S Carrillo; Barrera, C Oropeza; Valencia, F Vazquez; Pedraza, I; Ibarguen, H A Salazar; Estrada, C Uribe; Mijuskovic, J; Raicevic, N; Krofcheck, D; Butler, P H; Ahmad, A; Asghar, M I; Awais, A; Awan, M I M; Hoorani, H R; Khan, W A; Shah, M A; Shoaib, M; Waqas, M; Avati, V; Grzanka, L; Malawski, M; Bialkowska, H; Bluj, M; Boimska, B; Górski, M; Kazana, M; Szleper, M; Zalewski, P; Bunkowski, K; Doroba, K; Kalinowski, A; Konecki, M; Krolikowski, J; Araujo, M; Bargassa, P; Bastos, D; Boletti, A; Faccioli, P; Gallinaro, M; Hollar, J; Leonardo, N; Niknejad, T; Pisano, M; Seixas, J; Toldaiev, O; Varela, J; Afanasiev, S; Budkouski, D; Golutvin, I; Gorbunov, I; Karjavine, V; Korenkov, V; Lanev, A; Malakhov, A; Matveev, V; Palichik, V; Perelygin, V; Savina, M; Seitova, D; Shalaev, V; Shmatov, S; Shulha, S; Smirnov, V; Teryaev, O; Voytishin, N; Yuldashev, B S; Zarubin, A; Zhizhin, I; Gavrilov, G; Golovtcov, V; Ivanov, Y; Kim, V; Kuznetsova, E; Murzin, V; Oreshkin, V; Smirnov, I; Sosnov, D; Sulimov, V; Uvarov, L; Volkov, S; Vorobyev, A; Andreev, Yu; Dermenev, A; Gninenko, S; Golubev, N; Karneyeu, A; Kirpichnikov, D; Kirsanov, M; Krasnikov, N; Pashenkov, A; Pivovarov, G; Toropin, A; Aushev, T; Epshteyn, V; Gavrilov, V; Lychkovskaya, N; Nikitenko, A; Popov, V; Stepennov, A; Toms, M; Vlasov, E; Zhokin, A; Bychkova, O; Chistov, R; Danilov, M; Oskin, A; Parygin, P; Polikarpov, S; Andreev, V; Azarkin, M; Dremin, I; Kirakosyan, M; Terkulov, A; Belyaev, A; Boos, E; Bunichev, V; Dubinin, M; Dudko, L; Ershov, A; Gribushin, A; Klyukhin, V; Kodolova, O; Lokhtin, I; Obraztsov, S; Petrushanko, S; Savrin, V; Blinov, V; Dimova, T; Kardapoltsev, L; Kozyrev, A; Ovtin, I; Radchenko, O; Skovpen, Y; Azhgirey, I; Bayshev, I; Elumakhov, D; Kachanov, V; Konstantinov, D; Mandrik, P; Petrov, V; Ryutin, R; Slabospitskii, S; Sobol, A; Troshin, S; Tyurin, N; Uzunian, A; Volkov, A; Babaev, A; Okhotnikov, V; Borshch, V; Ivanchenko, V; Tcherniaev, E; Adzic, P; Dordevic, M; Milenovic, P; Milosevic, J; Aguilar-Benitez, M; Maestre, J Alcaraz; Fernández, A Álvarez; Bachiller, I; Luna, M Barrio; Bedoya, Cristina F; Montoya, C A Carrillo; Cepeda, M; Cerrada, M; Colino, N; De La Cruz, B; Peris, A Delgado; Ramos, J P Fernández; Flix, J; Fouz, M C; Lopez, O Gonzalez; Lopez, S Goy; Hernandez, J M; Josa, M I; Holgado, J León; Moran, D; Tobar, Á Navarro; Dengra, C Perez; Yzquierdo, A Pérez-Calero; Pelayo, J Puerta; Redondo, I; Romero, L; Navas, S Sánchez; Gómez, L Urda; Willmott, C; de Trocóniz, J F; Reyes-Almanza, R; Gonzalez, B Alvarez; Cuevas, J; Erice, C; Menendez, J Fernandez; Folgueras, S; Caballero, I Gonzalez; Fernández, J R González; Cortezon, E Palencia; Álvarez, C Ramón; Bouza, V Rodríguez; Rodríguez, A Soto; Trapote, A; Trevisani, N; Villalba, C Vico; Cifuentes, J A Brochero; Cabrillo, I J; Calderon, A; Campderros, J Duarte; Fernandez, M; Madrazo, C Fernandez; Manteca, P J Fernández; Alonso, A García; Gomez, G; Rivero, C Martinez; Del Arbol, P Martinez Ruiz; Matorras, F; Cuevas, P Matorras; Gomez, J Piedra; Prieels, C; Rodrigo, T; Ruiz-Jimeno, A; Scodellaro, L; Vila, I; Garcia, J M Vizan; Jayananda, M K; Kailasapathy, B; Sonnadara, D U J; Wickramarathna, D D C; Dharmaratna, W G D; Liyanage, K; Perera, N; Wickramage, N; Aarrestad, T K; Abbaneo, D; Alimena, J; Auffray, E; Auzinger, G; Baechler, J; Baillon, P; Barney, D; Bendavid, J; Bianco, M; Bocci, A; Camporesi, T; Garrido, M Capeans; Cerminara, G; Chernyavskaya, N; Chhibra, S S; Cipriani, M; Cristella, L; d'Enterria, D; Dabrowski, A; David, A; De Roeck, A; Defranchis, M M; Deile, M; Dobson, M; Dünser, M; Dupont, N; Elliott-Peisert, A; Emriskova, N; Fallavollita, F; Florent, A; Franzoni, G; Funk, W; Giani, S; Gigi, D; Gill, K; Glege, F; Gouskos, L; Haranko, M; Hegeman, J; Innocente, V; James, T; Janot, P; Kaspar, J; Kieseler, J; Komm, M; Kratochwil, N; Lange, C; Laurila, S; Lecoq, P; Lintuluoto, A; Long, K; Lourenço, C; Maier, B; Malgeri, L; Mallios, S; Mannelli, M; Marini, A C; Meijers, F; Mersi, S; Meschi, E; Moortgat, F; Mulders, M; Orfanelli, S; Orsini, L; Pantaleo, F; Perez, E; Peruzzi, M; Petrilli, A; Petrucciani, G; Pfeiffer, A; Pierini, M; Piparo, D; Pitt, M; Qu, H; Quast, T; Rabady, D; Racz, A; Gutiérrez, G Reales; Rovere, M; Sakulin, H; Salfeld-Nebgen, J; Scarfi, S; Schäfer, C; Schwick, C; Selvaggi, M; Sharma, A; Silva, P; Snoeys, W; Sphicas, P; Summers, S; Tatar, K; Tavolaro, V R; Treille, D; Tropea, P; Tsirou, A; Van Onsem, G P; Wanczyk, J; Wozniak, K A; Zeuner, W D; Caminada, L; Ebrahimi, A; Erdmann, W; Horisberger, R; Ingram, Q; Kaestli, H C; Kotlinski, D; Langenegger, U; Missiroli, M; Noehte, L; Rohe, T; Androsov, K; Backhaus, M; Berger, P; Calandri, A; De Cosa, A; Dissertori, G; Dittmar, M; Donegà, M; Dorfer, C; Eble, F; Gedia, K; Glessgen, F; Espinosa, T A Gómez; Grab, C; Hits, D; Lustermann, W; Lyon, A-M; Manzoni, R A; Marchese, L; Perez, C Martin; Meinhard, M T; Nessi-Tedaldi, F; Niedziela, J; Pauss, F; Perovic, V; Pigazzini, S; Ratti, M G; Reichmann, M; Reissel, C; Reitenspiess, T; Ristic, B; Ruini, D; Becerra, D A Sanz; Stampf, V; Steggemann, J; Wallny, R; Zhu, D H; Amsler, C; Bärtschi, P; Botta, C; Brzhechko, D; Canelli, M F; Cormier, K; De Wit, A; Del Burgo, R; Heikkilä, J K; Huwiler, M; Jin, W; Jofrehei, A; Kilminster, B; Leontsinis, S; Liechti, S P; Macchiolo, A; Meiring, P; Mikuni, V M; Molinatti, U; Neutelings, I; Reimers, A; Robmann, P; Cruz, S Sanchez; Schweiger, K; Senger, M; Takahashi, Y; Adloff, C; Kuo, C M; Lin, W; Roy, A; Sarkar, T; Yu, S S; Ceard, L; Chao, Y; Chen, K F; Chen, P H; Hou, W-S; Li, Y Y; Lu, R-S; Paganis, E; Psallidas, A; Steen, A; Wu, H Y; Yazgan, E; Yu, P R; Asavapibhop, B; Asawatangtrakuldee, C; Srimanobhas, N; Boran, F; Damarseckin, S; Demiroglu, Z S; Dolek, F; Dumanoglu, I; Eskut, E; Guler, Y; Guler, E Gurpinar; Isik, C; Kara, O; Topaksu, A Kayis; Kiminsu, U; Onengut, G; Ozdemir, K; Polatoz, A; Simsek, A E; Tali, B; Tok, U G; Turkcapar, S; Zorbakir, I S; Isildak, B; Karapinar, G; Ocalan, K; Yalvac, M; Akgun, B; Atakisi, I O; Gülmez, E; Kaya, M; Kaya, O; Özçelik, Ö; Tekten, S; Yetkin, E A; Cakir, A; Cankocak, K; Komurcu, Y; Sen, S; Cerci, S; Hos, I; Kaynak, B; Ozkorucuklu, S; Sert, H; Cerci, D Sunar; Zorbilmez, C; Grynyov, B; Levchuk, L; Anthony, D; Bhal, E; Bologna, S; Brooke, J J; Bundock, A; Clement, E; Cussans, D; Flacher, H; Goldstein, J; Heath, G P; Heath, H F; Kreczko, L; Krikler, B; Paramesvaran, S; Nasr-Storey, S Seif El; Smith, V J; Stylianou, N; Pass, K Walkingshaw; White, R; Bell, K W; Belyaev, A; Brew, C; Brown, R M; Cockerill, D J A; Cooke, C; Ellis, K V; Harder, K; Harper, S; Holmberg, M-L; Linacre, J; Manolopoulos, K; Newbold, D M; Olaiya, E; Petyt, D; Reis, T; Schuh, T; Shepherd-Themistocleous, C H; Tomalin, I R; Williams, T; Bainbridge, R; Bloch, P; Bonomally, S; Borg, J; Breeze, S; Buchmuller, O; Cepaitis, V; Chahal, G S; Colling, D; Dauncey, P; Davies, G; Della Negra, M; Fayer, S; Fedi, G; Hall, G; Hassanshahi, M H; Iles, G; Langford, J; Lyons, L; Magnan, A-M; Malik, S; Martelli, A; Monk, D G; Nash, J; Pesaresi, M; Raymond, D M; Richards, A; Rose, A; Scott, E; Seez, C; Shtipliyski, A; Tapper, A; Uchida, K; Virdee, T; Vojinovic, M; Wardle, N; Webb, S N; Winterbottom, D; Coldham, K; Cole, J E; Khan, A; Kyberd, P; Reid, I D; Teodorescu, L; Zahid, S; Abdullin, S; Brinkerhoff, A; Caraway, B; Dittmann, J; Hatakeyama, K; Kanuganti, A R; McMaster, B; Pastika, N; Saunders, M; Sawant, S; Sutantawibul, C; Wilson, J; Bartek, R; Dominguez, A; Uniyal, R; Hernandez, A M Vargas; Buccilli, A; Cooper, S I; Di Croce, D; Gleyzer, S V; Henderson, C; Perez, C U; Rumerio, P; West, C; Akpinar, A; Albert, A; Arcaro, D; Cosby, C; Demiragli, Z; Fontanesi, E; Gastler, D; May, S; Rohlf, J; Salyer, K; Sperka, D; Spitzbart, D; Suarez, I; Tsatsos, A; Yuan, S; Zou, D; Benelli, G; Burkle, B; Coubez, X; Cutts, D; Hadley, M; Heintz, U; Hogan, J M; Kwon, T; Landsberg, G; Lau, K T; Li, D; Lukasik, M; Luo, J; Narain, M; Pervan, N; Sagir, S; Simpson, F; Usai, E; Wong, W Y; Yan, X; Yu, D; Zhang, W; Bonilla, J; Brainerd, C; Breedon, R; Sanchez, M Calderon De La Barca; Chertok, M; Conway, J; Cox, P T; Erbacher, R; Haza, G; Jensen, F; Kukral, O; Lander, R; Mulhearn, M; Pellett, D; Regnery, B; Taylor, D; Yao, Y; Zhang, F; Bachtis, M; Cousins, R; Datta, A; Hamilton, D; Hauser, J; Ignatenko, M; Iqbal, M A; Lam, T; Nash, W A; Regnard, S; Saltzberg, D; Stone, B; Valuev, V; Burt, K; Chen, Y; Clare, R; Gary, J W; Gordon, M; Hanson, G; Karapostoli, G; Long, O R; Manganelli, N; Negrete, M Olmedo; Si, W; Wimpenny, S; Zhang, Y; Branson, J G; Chang, P; Cittolin, S; Cooperstein, S; Deelen, N; Diaz, D; Duarte, J; Gerosa, R; Giannini, L; Guiang, J; Kansal, R; Krutelyov, V; Lee, R; Letts, J; Masciovecchio, M; Mokhtar, F; Pieri, M; Narayanan, B V Sathia; Sharma, V; Tadel, M; Vartak, A; Würthwein, F; Xiang, Y; Yagil, A; Amin, N; Campagnari, C; Citron, M; Dorsett, A; Dutta, V; Incandela, J; Kilpatrick, M; Kim, J; Marsh, B; Mei, H; Oshiro, M; Quinnan, M; Richman, J; Sarica, U; Setti, F; Sheplock, J; Siddireddy, P; Stuart, D; Wang, S; Bornheim, A; Cerri, O; Dutta, I; Lawhorn, J M; Lu, N; Mao, J; Newman, H B; Nguyen, T Q; Spiropulu, M; Vlimant, J R; Wang, C; Xie, S; Zhang, Z; Zhu, R Y; Alison, J; An, S; Andrews, M B; Bryant, P; Ferguson, T; Harilal, A; Liu, C; Mudholkar, T; Paulini, M; Sanchez, A; Terrill, W; Cumalat, J P; Ford, W T; Hassani, A; MacDonald, E; Patel, R; Perloff, A; Savard, C; Stenson, K; Ulmer, K A; Wagner, S R; Alexander, J; Bright-Thonney, S; Chen, X; Cheng, Y; Cranshaw, D J; Hogan, S; Monroy, J; Patterson, J R; Quach, D; Reichert, J; Reid, M; Ryd, A; Sun, W; Thom, J; Wittich, P; Zou, R; Albrow, M; Alyari, M; Apollinari, G; Apresyan, A; Apyan, A; Banerjee, S; Bauerdick, L A T; Berry, D; Berryhill, J; Bhat, P C; Burkett, K; Butler, J N; Canepa, A; Cerati, G B; Cheung, H W K; Chlebana, F; Di Petrillo, K F; Elvira, V D; Feng, Y; Freeman, J; Gecse, Z; Gray, L; Green, D; Grünendahl, S; Gutsche, O; Harris, R M; Heller, R; Herwig, T C; Hirschauer, J; Jayatilaka, B; Jindariani, S; Johnson, M; Joshi, U; Klijnsma, T; Klima, B; Kwok, K H M; Lammel, S; Lincoln, D; Lipton, R; Liu, T; Madrid, C; Maeshima, K; Mantilla, C; Mason, D; McBride, P; Merkel, P; Mrenna, S; Nahn, S; Ngadiuba, J; O'Dell, V; Papadimitriou, V; Pedro, K; Pena, C; Prokofyev, O; Ravera, F; Hall, A Reinsvold; Ristori, L; Sexton-Kennedy, E; Smith, N; Soha, A; Spalding, W J; Spiegel, L; Stoynev, S; Strait, J; Taylor, L; Tkaczyk, S; Tran, N V; Uplegger, L; Vaandering, E W; Weber, H A; Acosta, D; Avery, P; Bourilkov, D; Cadamuro, L; Cherepanov, V; Errico, F; Field, R D; Guerrero, D; Joshi, B M; Kim, M; Koenig, E; Konigsberg, J; Korytov, A; Lo, K H; Matchev, K; Menendez, N; Mitselmakher, G; Madhu, A Muthirakalayil; Rawal, N; Rosenzweig, D; Rosenzweig, S; Rotter, J; Shi, K; Sturdy, J; Wang, J; Yigitbasi, E; Zuo, X; Adams, T; Askew, A; Habibullah, R; Hagopian, V; Johnson, K F; Khurana, R; Kolberg, T; Martinez, G; Prosper, H; Schiber, C; Viazlo, O; Yohay, R; Zhang, J; Baarmand, M M; Butalla, S; Elkafrawy, T; Hohlmann, M; Verma, R Kumar; Noonan, D; Rahmani, M; Yumiceva, F; Adams, M R; Gonzalez, H Becerril; Cavanaugh, R; Dittmer, S; Evdokimov, O; Gerber, C E; Hangal, D A; Hofman, D J; Merrit, A H; Mills, C; Oh, G; Roy, T; Rudrabhatla, S; Tonjes, M B; Varelas, N; Viinikainen, J; Wang, X; Wu, Z; Ye, Z; Alhusseini, M; Dilsiz, K; Emediato, L; Gandrajula, R P; Köseyan, O K; Merlo, J-P; Mestvirishvili, A; Nachtman, J; Ogul, H; Onel, Y; Penzo, A; Snyder, C; Tiras, E; Amram, O; Blumenfeld, B; Corcodilos, L; Davis, J; Eminizer, M; Gritsan, A V; Kyriacou, S; Maksimovic, P; Roskes, J; Swartz, M; Vámi, T Á; Abreu, A; Anguiano, J; Barrera, C Baldenegro; Baringer, P; Bean, A; Bylinkin, A; Flowers, Z; Isidori, T; Khalil, S; King, J; Krintiras, G; Kropivnitskaya, A; Lazarovits, M; Le Mahieu, C; Lindsey, C; Marquez, J; Minafra, N; Murray, M; Nickel, M; Rogan, C; Royon, C; Salvatico, R; Sanders, S; Schmitz, E; Smith, C; Takaki, J D Tapia; Wang, Q; Warner, Z; Williams, J; Wilson, G; Duric, S; Ivanov, A; Kaadze, K; Kim, D; Maravin, Y; Mitchell, T; Modak, A; Nam, K; Rebassoo, F; Wright, D; Adams, E; Baden, A; Baron, O; Belloni, A; Eno, S C; Hadley, N J; Jabeen, S; Kellogg, R G; Koeth, T; Lascio, S; Mignerey, A C; Nabili, S; Palmer, C; Seidel, M; Skuja, A; Wang, L; Wong, K; Abercrombie, D; Andreassi, G; Bi, R; Busza, W; Cali, I A; Chen, Y; D'Alfonso, M; Eysermans, J; Freer, C; Ceballos, G Gomez; Goncharov, M; Harris, P; Hu, M; Klute, M; Kovalskyi, D; Krupa, J; Lee, Y-J; Mironov, C; Paus, C; Rankin, D; Roland, C; Roland, G; Shi, Z; Stephans, G S F; Wang, J; Wang, Z; Wyslouch, B; Chatterjee, R M; Evans, A; Hiltbrand, J; Jain, Sh; Krohn, M; Kubota, Y; Mans, J; Revering, M; Rusack, R; Saradhy, R; Schroeder, N; Strobbe, N; Wadud, M A; Bloom, K; Bryson, M; Chauhan, S; Claes, D R; Fangmeier, C; Finco, L; Golf, F; Joo, C; Kravchenko, I; Musich, M; Reed, I; Siado, J E; Snow, G R; Tabb, W; Yan, F; Zecchinelli, A G; Agarwal, G; Bandyopadhyay, H; Hay, L; Iashvili, I; Kharchilava, A; McLean, C; Nguyen, D; Pekkanen, J; Rappoccio, S; Williams, A; Alverson, G; Barberis, E; Haddad, Y; Hortiangtham, A; Li, J; Madigan, G; Marzocchi, B; Morse, D M; Nguyen, V; Orimoto, T; Parker, A; Skinnari, L; Tishelman-Charny, A; Wamorkar, T; Wang, B; Wisecarver, A; Wood, D; Bhattacharya, S; Bueghly, J; Chen, Z; Gilbert, A; Gunter, T; Hahn, K A; Liu, Y; Odell, N; Schmitt, M H; Velasco, M; Band, R; Bucci, R; Cremonesi, M; Das, A; Dev, N; Goldouzian, R; Hildreth, M; Anampa, K Hurtado; Jessop, C; Lannon, K; Lawrence, J; Loukas, N; Lutton, D; Mariano, J; Marinelli, N; Mcalister, I; McCauley, T; Mcgrady, C; Mohrman, K; Moore, C; Musienko, Y; Ruchti, R; Townsend, A; Wayne, M; Wightman, A; Zarucki, M; Zygala, L; Bylsma, B; Cardwell, B; Durkin, L S; Francis, B; Hill, C; Ornelas, M Nunez; Wei, K; Winer, B L; Yates, B R; Addesa, F M; Bonham, B; Das, P; Dezoort, G; Elmer, P; Frankenthal, A; Greenberg, B; Haubrich, N; Higginbotham, S; Kalogeropoulos, A; Kopp, G; Kwan, S; Lange, D; Marlow, D; Mei, K; Ojalvo, I; Olsen, J; Stickland, D; Tully, C; Malik, S; Norberg, S; Bakshi, A S; Barnes, V E; Chawla, R; Das, S; Gutay, L; Jones, M; Jung, A W; Karmarkar, S; Kondratyev, D; Liu, M; Negro, G; Neumeister, N; Paspalaki, G; Piperov, S; Purohit, A; Schulte, J F; Stojanovic, M; Thieman, J; Wang, F; Xiao, R; Xie, W; Dolen, J; Parashar, N; Baty, A; Carnahan, T; Decaro, M; Dildick, S; Ecklund, K M; Freed, S; Gardner, P; Geurts, F J M; Kumar, A; Li, W; Padley, B P; Redjimi, R; Shi, W; Leiton, A G Stahl; Yang, S; Zhang, L; Zhang, Y; Bodek, A; de Barbaro, P; Demina, R; Dulemba, J L; Fallon, C; Ferbel, T; Galanti, M; Garcia-Bellido, A; Hindrichs, O; Khukhunaishvili, A; Ranken, E; Taus, R; Chiarito, B; Chou, J P; Gandrakota, A; Gershtein, Y; Halkiadakis, E; Hart, A; Heindl, M; Karacheban, O; Laflotte, I; Lath, A; Montalvo, R; Nash, K; Osherson, M; Salur, S; Schnetzer, S; Somalwar, S; Stone, R; Thayil, S A; Thomas, S; Wang, H; Acharya, H; Delannoy, A G; Fiorendi, S; Spanier, S; Bouhali, O; Dalchenko, M; Delgado, A; Eusebi, R; Gilmore, J; Huang, T; Kamon, T; Kim, H; Luo, S; Malhotra, S; Mueller, R; Overton, D; Rathjens, D; Safonov, A; Akchurin, N; Damgov, J; Hegde, V; Kunori, S; Lamichhane, K; Lee, S W; Mengke, T; Muthumuni, S; Peltola, T; Volobouev, I; Wang, Z; Whitbeck, A; Appelt, E; Greene, S; Gurrola, A; Johns, W; Melo, A; Ni, H; Padeken, K; Romeo, F; Sheldon, P; Tuo, S; Velkovska, J; Arenton, M W; Cox, B; Cummings, G; Hakala, J; Hirosky, R; Joyce, M; Ledovskoy, A; Li, A; Neu, C; Lara, C E Perez; Tannenwald, B; White, S; Wolfe, E; Poudyal, N; Black, K; Bose, T; Caillol, C; Dasu, S; De Bruyn, I; Everaerts, P; Fienga, F; Galloni, C; He, H; Herndon, M; Hervé, A; Hussain, U; Lanaro, A; Loeliger, A; Loveless, R; Sreekala, J Madhusudanan; Mallampalli, A; Mohammadi, A; Pinna, D; Savin, A; Shang, V; Sharma, V; Smith, W H; Teague, D; Trembath-Reichert, S; Vetens, W. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - ELETTRONICO. - 129:(2022), pp. 1-1. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.081802]

Search for Higgs Boson Pair Production in the Four b Quark Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV

Ceccarelli, R;Ciulli, V;D'Alessandro, R;Focardi, E;Latino, G;Lenzi, P;Lizzo, M;Seidita, R;
2022

Abstract

A search for pairs of Higgs bosons produced via gluon and vector boson fusion is presented, focusing on the four b quark final state. The data sample consists of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). No deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed. A 95% confidence level upper limit on the Higgs boson pair production cross section is observed at 3.9 times the standard model prediction for an expected value of 7.8. Constraints are also set on the modifiers of t