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Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and coupling strengths using pp collision data at vs = 7 and 8 TeV in the ATLAS experiment

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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:39 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, Itzebelt Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, The ATLAS Collaboration
Combined analyses of the Higgs boson production and decay rates as well as its coupling strengths to vector bosons and fermions are presented. The combinations include the results of the analyses of the H ? ??, ZZ*, WW*, Z? , bb¯, tt and µµ decay modes, and the constraints on the associated production with a pair of top quarks and on the off-shell coupling strengths of the Higgs boson. The results are based on the LHC proton-proton collision datasets, with integrated luminosities of up to 4.7 fb-¹ at vs = 7 TeV and 20.3 fb-¹ at vs = 8 TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2011 and 2012. Combining all production modes and decay channels, the measured signal yield, normalised to the Standard Model expectation, is 1.18+0.15 -0.14. The observed Higgs boson production and decay rates are interpreted in a leading-order coupling framework, exploring a wide range of benchmark coupling models both with and without assumptions on the Higgs boson width and on the Standard Model particle content in loop processes. The data are found to be compatible with the Standard Model expectations for a Higgs boson at a mass of 125.36 GeV for all models considered.

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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1

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European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

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1434-6044

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EDP Sciences

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1

Volume

76

Article number

a6

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2017-04-07

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-04-07

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-04-07

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