Direct constraint on the Higgs–charm coupling from a search for Higgs boson decays into charm quarks with the ATLAS detector

Autor: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, DC, Abud, AA, Abeling, K, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, ACA, Acharya, BS, Achkar, B, Adam, L, Bourdarios, CA, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adorni, S, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Aguilar-Saavedra, JA, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Khoury, KA, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Verzini, MJA, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, A, Alfonsi, F, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, S, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Camelia, EA, Estevez, MA, Alviggi, MG, Coutinho, YA, Ambler, A, Ambroz, L, Amelung, C, Amidei, D, Santos, SPAD, Amoroso, S, Amos, KR, Amrouche, CS, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andari, N, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Antrim, DJA, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Pozo, JAA, Aparo, MA, Bella, LA, Appelt, C, Aranzabal, N, Ferraz, VA, Arcangeletti, C, Arce, ATH
Přispěvatelé: Aad, G [0000-0002-6665-4934], Abbott, B [0000-0002-5888-2734], Abbott, DC [0000-0002-7248-3203], Abud, AA [0000-0002-2788-3822], Abeling, K [0000-0002-1002-1652], Abhayasinghe, DK [0000-0002-2987-4006], Abidi, SH [0000-0002-8496-9294], Aboulhorma, A [0000-0002-9987-2292], Abramowicz, H [0000-0001-5329-6640], Abreu, H [0000-0002-1599-2896], Abulaiti, Y [0000-0003-0403-3697], Hoffman, ACA [0000-0003-0762-7204], Acharya, BS [0000-0002-8588-9157], Achkar, B [0000-0002-0288-2567], Adam, L [0000-0001-6005-2812], Bourdarios, CA [0000-0002-2634-4958], Adamczyk, L [0000-0002-5859-2075], Adamek, L [0000-0003-1562-3502], Addepalli, SV [0000-0002-2919-6663], Adelman, J [0000-0002-1041-3496], Adiguzel, A [0000-0001-6644-0517], Adorni, S [0000-0003-3620-1149], Adye, T [0000-0003-0627-5059], Affolder, AA [0000-0002-9058-7217], Afik, Y [0000-0001-8102-356X], Agaras, MN [0000-0002-4355-5589], Agarwala, J [0000-0002-4754-7455], Aggarwal, A [0000-0002-1922-2039], Agheorghiesei, C [0000-0003-3695-1847], Aguilar-Saavedra, JA [0000-0002-5475-8920], Ahmad, A [0000-0001-8638-0582], Ahmadov, F [0000-0003-3644-540X], Ahmed, WS [0000-0003-0128-3279], Ai, X [0000-0003-3856-2415], Aielli, G [0000-0002-0573-8114], Aizenberg, I [0000-0003-2150-1624], Akbiyik, M [0000-0002-7342-3130], Åkesson, TPA [0000-0003-4141-5408], Akimov, AV [0000-0002-2846-2958], Khoury, KA [0000-0002-0547-8199], Alberghi, GL [0000-0003-2388-987X], Albert, J [0000-0003-0253-2505], Albicocco, P [0000-0001-6430-1038], Verzini, MJA [0000-0003-2212-7830], Alderweireldt, S [0000-0002-8224-7036], Aleksa, M [0000-0002-1936-9217], Aleksandrov, IN [0000-0001-7381-6762], Alexa, C [0000-0003-0922-7669], Alexopoulos, T [0000-0002-8977-279X], Alfonsi, A [0000-0001-7406-4531], Alfonsi, F [0000-0002-0966-0211], Alhroob, M [0000-0001-7569-7111], Ali, B [0000-0001-8653-5556], Ali, S [0000-0001-5216-3133], Aliev, M [0000-0002-9012-3746], Alimonti, G [0000-0002-7128-9046], Allaire, C [0000-0003-4745-538X], Allbrooke, BMM [0000-0002-5738-2471], Allport, PP [0000-0001-7303-2570], Aloisio, A [0000-0002-3883-6693], Alonso, F [0000-0001-9431-8156], Alpigiani, C [0000-0002-7641-5814], Estevez, MA [0000-0002-8181-6532], Alviggi, MG [0000-0003-0026-982X], Coutinho, YA [0000-0002-1798-7230], Ambler, A [0000-0003-2184-3480], Ambroz, L [0000-0002-0987-6637], Amidei, D [0000-0002-6814-0355], Santos, SPAD [0000-0001-7566-6067], Amoroso, S [0000-0001-5450-0447], Amos, KR [0000-0003-1757-5620], Ananiev, V [0000-0003-3649-7621], Anastopoulos, C [0000-0003-1587-5830], Andari, N [0000-0002-4935-4753], Andeen, T [0000-0002-4413-871X], Anders, JK [0000-0002-1846-0262], Andrean, SY [0000-0002-9766-2670], Andreazza, A [0000-0001-5161-5759], Angelidakis, S [0000-0002-8274-6118], Angerami, A [0000-0001-7834-8750], Anisenkov, AV [0000-0002-7201-5936], Annovi, A [0000-0002-4649-4398], Antel, C [0000-0001-9683-0890], Anthony, MT [0000-0002-5270-0143], Antipov, E [0000-0002-6678-7665], Antonelli, M [0000-0002-2293-5726], Antrim, DJA [0000-0001-8084-7786], Anulli, F [0000-0003-2734-130X], Aoki, M [0000-0001-7498-0097], Pozo, JAA [0000-0001-7401-4331], Aparo, MA [0000-0003-4675-7810], Bella, LA [0000-0003-3942-1702], Appelt, C [0000-0003-1205-6784], Aranzabal, N [0000-0001-9013-2274], Ferraz, VA [0000-0003-1177-7563], Arcangeletti, C [0000-0001-8648-2896], Arce, ATH [0000-0002-7255-0832], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: European Physical Journal C, vol 82, iss 8
Popis: A search for the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of charm quarks is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collisions to target the production of a Higgs boson in association with a leptonically decaying $W$ or $Z$ boson. The dataset delivered by the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$. Flavour-tagging algorithms are used to identify jets originating from the hadronisation of charm quarks. The analysis method is validated with the simultaneous measurement of $WW,WZ$ and $ZZ$ production, with observed (expected) significances of $2.6$ ($2.2$) standard deviations above the background-only prediction for the $(W/Z)Z(\to c\bar{c})$ process and $3.8$ ($4.6$) standard deviations for the $(W/Z)W(\to cq)$ process. The $(W/Z)H(\to c \bar{c})$ search yields an observed (expected) upper limit of $26$ ($31$) times the predicted Standard Model cross-section times branching fraction for a Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV, corresponding to an observed (expected) constraint on the charm Yukawa coupling modifier $|\kappa_c| < 8.5 (12.4)$, at the 95% confidence level. A combination with the ATLAS $(W/Z)H, H\to b\bar{b}$ analysis is performed, allowing the ratio $\kappa_c / \kappa_b$ to be constrained without assumptions about the width of the Higgs boson. The ratio is constrained to be $|\kappa_c / \kappa_b| < 4.5$ at the 95% confidence level, smaller than the ratio of the $b$- and $c$-quark masses, and therefore determines the Higgs-charm coupling to be weaker than the Higgs-bottom coupling at the 95% confidence level.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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