Search for heavy resonances that decay into a vector boson and a Higgs boson in hadronic final states at root s=13TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
A search for heavy resonances with masses above 1 TeVTeV, decaying to final states containing a vector boson and a Higgs boson, is presented. The search considers hadronic decays of the vector boson, and Higgs boson decays to b quarks. The decay products are highly boosted, and each collimated pair of quarks is reconstructed as a single, massive jet. The analysis is performed using a data sample collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeVTeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1fb−1. The data are consistent with the background expectation and are used to place limits on the parameters of a theoretical model with a heavy vector triplet. In the benchmark scenario with mass-degenerate W′W′ and Z′Z′ bosons decaying predominantly to pairs of standard model bosons, for the first time heavy resonances for masses as high as 3.3 TeVTeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, setting the most stringent constraints to date on such states decaying into a vector boson and a Higgs boson.
Date Issued
2017-09-22
Date Acceptance
2017-09-01
Citation
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2017, 77 (9)
ISSN
1434-6044
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Volume
77
Issue
9
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
PLUS PLUS
MODEL
MASS
LHC
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
636