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Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to Zh in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 744, p. 163-183
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Publication date2015
Abstract

A search for a heavy, CP-odd Higgs boson, A , decaying into a Z boson and a 125 GeV Higgs boson, h , with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb −1 . Decays of CP-even h bosons to ττ or bb pairs with the Z boson decaying to electron or muon pairs are considered, as well as h→bb decays with the Z boson decaying to neutrinos. No evidence for the production of an A boson in these channels is found and the 95% confidence level upper limits derived for σ(gg→A)×BR(A→Zh)×BR(h→ff¯) are 0.098–0.013 pb for f=τ and 0.57–0.014 pb for f=b in a range of mA=220–1000 GeV . The results are combined and interpreted in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models.

Keywords
  • BSM Higgs boson
  • ATLAS
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ATLAS Collaboration. Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to Zh in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Physics letters. B, 2015, vol. 744, p. 163–183. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.054
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