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Measurement of the H \to γγ and H \to ZZ^* \to 4 \ell cross-sections in pp collisions at √s =13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Publication date2024
First online date2024-01-24
Abstract

The inclusive Higgs boson production cross-section is measured in the di-photon and the $ZZ^* \rightarrow 4 \ell $ decay channels using 31.4 and 29.0 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collision data respectively, collected with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13.6$ $\text {TeV}$. To reduce the model dependence, the measurement in each channel is restricted to a particle-level phase space that closely matches the channel’s detector-level kinematic selection, and it is corrected for detector effects. These measured fiducial cross-sections are $\sigma _{\textrm{fid},\gamma \gamma } = $ $76^{+14}_{-13}$ fb, and $\sigma _{\textrm{fid},4 \ell } =$ $2.80\, \pm \, 0.74$ fb, in agreement with the corresponding Standard Model predictions of $67.6 \pm 3.7 $ fb and $3.67 \pm 0.19 $ fb. Assuming Standard Model acceptances and branching fractions for the two channels, the fiducial measurements are extrapolated to the full phase space yielding total cross-sections of $\sigma (pp \rightarrow H) = 67^{+12}_{-11}$ pb and $46 \pm 12$ pb at 13.6 $\text {TeV}$ from the di-photon and $ZZ^* \rightarrow 4 \ell $ measurements respectively. The two measurements are combined into a total cross-section measurement of $\sigma (pp \rightarrow H)= 58.2 \pm 8.7$ pb, to be compared with the Standard Model prediction of $\sigma (pp \rightarrow H)_\textrm{SM} = 59.9 \pm 2.6 $ pb.

Keywords
  • P p: scattering
  • P p: colliding beams
  • Channel cross section: measured
  • Higgs particle: hadroproduction
  • Higgs particle: decay modes
  • Higgs particle: radiative decay
  • Photon: pair production
  • Mass spectrum: two-photon
  • Z0: pair production
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • Final state: (4lepton)
  • Total cross section: measured
  • ATLAS
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • Phase space
  • Higgs particle: branching ratio
  • Acceptance
  • Kinematics
  • Experimental results
  • 13600 GeV-cms
  • S126A03
  • S126SGG
  • S126SZZ
Citation (ISO format)
ATLAS Collaboration. Measurement of the H \to γγ and H \to ZZ^* \to 4 \ell cross-sections in pp collisions at √s =13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 2024, vol. 84, n° 1. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12130-5
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