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Anomaly detection search for new resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a generic new particle X in hadronic final states using √ s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Published inPhysical review. D., vol. 108, no. 5
Publication date2023
First online date2023-09-18
Abstract

A search is presented for a heavy resonance $Y$ decaying into a Standard Model Higgs boson $H$ and a new particle $X$ in a fully hadronic final state. The full Large Hadron Collider Run 2 dataset of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 13$ TeV collected by the ATLAS detector from 2015 to 2018 is used, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$. The search targets the high $Y$-mass region, where the $H$ and $X$ have a significant Lorentz boost in the laboratory frame. A novel signal region is implemented using anomaly detection, where events are selected solely because of their incompatibility with a learned background-only model. It is defined using a jet-level tagger for signal-model-independent selection of the boosted $X$ particle, representing the first application of fully unsupervised machine learning to an ATLAS analysis. Two additional signal regions are implemented to target a benchmark $X$ decay into two quarks, covering topologies where the $X$ is reconstructed as either a single large-radius jet or two small-radius jets. The analysis selects Higgs boson decays into $b\bar{b}$, and a dedicated neural-network-based tagger provides sensitivity to the boosted heavy-flavor topology. No significant excess of data over the expected background is observed, and the results are presented as upper limits on the production cross section $\sigma(pp \rightarrow Y \rightarrow XH \rightarrow q\bar{q}b\bar{b}$) for signals with $m_Y$ between 1.5 and 6 TeV and $m_X$ between 65 and 3000 GeV.

Keywords
  • P p: colliding beams
  • Final state: hadronic
  • P p: scattering
  • Resonance: production
  • Resonance: heavy
  • Resonance: decay modes
  • Higgs particle: hadronic decay
  • Bottom: pair production
  • Bottom: particle identification
  • ATLAS
  • Final state: ((n)jet)
  • Anomaly
  • New particle
  • Topology
  • Sensitivity
  • Benchmark
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • Lorentz
  • Background
  • Machine learning
  • Heavy quark
  • Statistical analysis
  • Data analysis method
  • Experimental results
  • 13000 GeV-cms
  • S056W1C
Citation (ISO format)
ATLAS Collaboration. Anomaly detection search for new resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a generic new particle X in hadronic final states using √ s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. In: Physical review. D., 2023, vol. 108, n° 5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.108.052009
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.052009
Journal ISSN2470-0010
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