Journal article
Measurement of the transverse momentum spectrum of the Higgs boson produced in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV using H → WW decays
The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2017(3), 32
03/07/2017
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2017)032
Abstract
The cross section for Higgs boson production in pp collisions is studied using the H -> W+ W- decay mode, followed by leptonic decays of the W bosons to an oppositely charged electron-muon pair in the final state. The measurements are performed using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a centre -of -mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb(-1). The Higgs boson transverse momentum (p(T)) is reconstructed using the lepton pair p(T), and missing p(T). The differential cross section times branching fraction is measured as a function of the Higgs boson p(T), in a fiducial phase space defined to match the experimental acceptance in terms of the lepton kinematics and event topology. The production cross section times branching fraction in the fiducial phase space is measured to be 39 +/- 8 (stat) +/- 9 (syst) fb. The measurements are found to agree, within experimental uncertainties, with theoretical calculations based on the standard model.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of the transverse momentum spectrum of the Higgs boson produced in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV using H → WW decays
- Creators
- CMS CollaborationYasar Onel - Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2017(3), 32
- DOI
- 10.1007/JHEP03(2017)032
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
- eISSN
- 1029-8479
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 25
- Grant note
- LHC CMS 1211067; 1624356; 1508869 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) 1506130; 1151640; 1506168; 1606321 / Division Of Physics; Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) CMS; GRIDPP / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/07/2017
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428666902771
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