Evidence for the Higgs boson decay to a Z boson and a photon at the LHC
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Journal Article
Abstract
The first evidence for the Higgs boson decay to a 𝑍 boson and a photon is presented, with a statistical significance of 3.4 standard deviations. The result is derived from a combined analysis of the searches performed by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations with proton-proton collision datasets collected at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from 2015 to 2018. These correspond to integrated luminosities of around 140 fb−1 for each experiment, at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The measured signal yield is 2.2±0.7 times the standard model prediction, and agrees with the theoretical expectation within 1.9 standard deviations.
Date Issued
2024-01-11
Date Acceptance
2023-11-27
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2024, 132 (2)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
132
Issue
2
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© 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS and CMSs Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
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Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Science & Technology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 021803