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DOE OSTI2010

Higgs boson search sensitivity in the H{yields}WW dilepton decay mode at {radical}(s)=7 and 10 TeV

Prospects for discovery of the standard model Higgs boson are examined at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 10 TeV at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We perform a simulation of the signal and principal backgrounds for Higgs boson production and decay in the W{sup +}W{sup -} dilepton mode, finding good agreement with the ATLAS and CMS collaboration estimates of signal significance at 14 TeV for Higgs boson masses near m{sub H}=160 GeV. At the lower energy of 7 TeV, using the same analysis cuts as these collaborations, we compute expected signal sensitivities of about 2 standard deviations ({sigma}'s) at m{sub H}=160 GeV in the ATLAS case, and about 3.6{sigma} in the CMS case for 1 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity. Integrated luminosities of 8 fb{sup -1} and 3 fb{sup -1} are needed in the ATLAS case at 7 and 10 TeV, respectively, for 5{sigma} level discovery. In the CMS case, the numbers are 2 fb{sup -1} and 1 fb{sup -1} at 7 and 10 TeV. Our different stated expectations for the two experiments arise from the more restrictive analysis cuts in the CMS case and from the different event samples in the two cases. Recast as exclusion limits, our results show that with 1 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity at 7 TeV, the LHC may be able to exclude m{sub H} values in the range 160 to 180 GeV provided no signal is seen.

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DOE OSTI2010

Diffractive Higgs boson photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions at LHC

A new production mechanism for the standard model Higgs boson in ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC, which allows central exclusive diffractive production by double pomeron exchange in photon-proton processes, is presented. The Higgs boson is centrally produced by gluon fusion with two large rapidity gaps emerging in the final state, being the main experimental signature for this process. As already studied for Pomeron-Pomeron and two-photon processes, the Higgs boson photoproduction is studied within this new mechanism in proton-proton (pp) and proton-nucleus (pA) collisions, where each system has a different dynamics to be taken into account. As a result, this mechanism predicts a production cross section for pp collisions of about 1.8 fb, which is similar to that obtained in Pomeron-Pomeron processes. Besides, in pPb collisions the cross sections have increased to about 0.6 pb, being comparable with the results of two-photon processes in pAu collisions. Therefore, as the rapidity gap survival probability is an open question in high-energy physics, an analysis for different values of this probability shows how competitive the mechanisms are in the LHC kinematical regime.

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DOE OSTI2011

CP-violating supersymmetric Higgs boson at the Tevatron and LHC

We analyze the prospect for observing the intermediate neutral Higgs boson (h{sub 2}) in its decay to two lighter Higgs bosons (h{sub 1}) at the presently operating hadron colliders in the framework of the CP-violating minimal supersymmetric standard model using the PYTHIA event generator. We consider the lepton+4-jets+E{sub T} channel from associate Wh{sub 2} production, with Wh{sub 2}>Wh{sub 1}h{sub 1}>lvlbb*-bb*-. We require two, three or four tagged b jets. We explicitly consider all relevant standard model backgrounds, treating c jets separately from light flavor and gluon jets and allowing for mistagging. We find that it is very hard to observe this signature at the Tevatron, even with 20 fb*-*1 of data, in the LEP-allowed region of parameter space due to the small signal efficiency, even though the background is manageable. At the LHC, a priori huge standard model backgrounds can be suppressed by applying judiciously chosen kinematical selections. After all cuts, we are left with a signal cross section of around 0.5 fb, and a signal to background ratio between 1.2 and 2.9. According to our analysis this Higgs signal should be viable at the LHC in the vicinity of present LEP exclusion once 20 to 50fb*-*1 of data have been accumulated at {radical}(s)=14 TeV.

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DOE OSTI2011

Estimations for the single diffractive production of the Higgs boson at the Tevatron and the LHC

The single diffractive production of the standard model Higgs boson is computed using the diffractive factorization formalism, taking into account a parametrization for the Pomeron structure function provided by the H1 Collaboration. We compute the cross sections at next-to-leading order accuracy for the gluon fusion process, which includes QCD and electroweak (EW) corrections. The gap survival probability (<|S|{sup 2}>) is also introduced to account for the rescattering corrections due to spectator particles present in the interaction, and to this end we compare two different models for the survival factor. The diffractive ratios are predicted for proton-proton collisions at the Tevatron and the LHC for the Higgs boson mass of M{sub H}=120 GeV. Therefore, our results provide updated estimations for the diffractive ratios of the single diffractive production of the Higgs boson in the Tevatron and LHC kinematical regimes.

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DOE OSTI2015

Higgs C P violation from vectorlike quarks

We explore CP violating aspects in the Higgs sector of models where new vectorlike quarks carry Yukawa couplings mainly to the third generation quarks of the Standard Model. We point out that in the simplest model, Higgs CP violating interactions only exist in the hWW channel. At low energy, we nd that rare B decays can place similarly strong constraints as those from electric dipole moments on the source of CP violation. These observations offer a new handle to discriminate from other Higgs CP violating scenarios such as scalar sector extensions of the Standard Model, and imply an interesting future interplay among limits from different experiments.

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DOE OSTI2017

Probing atomic Higgs-like forces at the precision frontier

We propose here a novel approach to probe new fundamental interactions using isotope shift spectroscopy in atomic clock transitions. As a concrete toy example we focus on the Higgs boson couplings to the building blocks of matter: the electron and the up and down quarks. We show that the attractive Higgs force between nuclei and their bound electrons, which is poorly constrained, might induce effects that are larger than the current experimental sensitivities. More generically, we discuss how new interactions between the electron and the neutrons, mediated via light new degrees of freedom, may lead to measurable nonlinearities in a King plot comparison between isotope shifts of two different transitions. Given state-of-the-art accuracy in frequency comparison, isotope shifts have the potential to be measured with sub-Hz accuracy, thus potentially enabling the improvement of current limits on new fundamental interactions. A candidate atomic system for this measurement requires two different clock transitions and four zero nuclear spin isotopes. We identify several systems that satisfy this requirement and also briefly discuss existing measurements. We consider the size of the effect related to the Higgs force and the requirements for it to produce an observable signal.

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DOE OSTI2010

Improved Search for a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with Z{yields}l{sup +}l{sup -} in pp Collisions at {radical}(s)=1.96 TeV

We search for the standard model Higgs boson produced with a Z boson in 4.1 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron. In events consistent with the decay of the Higgs boson to a bottom-quark pair and the Z boson to electrons or muons, we set 95% credibility level upper limits on the ZH production cross section multiplied by the H{yields}bb branching ratio. Improved analysis methods enhance signal sensitivity by 20% relative to previous searches. At a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c{sup 2} we set a limit of 5.9 times the standard model cross section.

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DOE OSTI2011

Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in the H to ZZ to l(+)l(-)v(v)over-bar Decay Channel with the ATLAS Detector

A search for a heavy standard model Higgs boson decaying via H {yields} ZZ {yields} {ell}{sup +}{ell}{sup -} {nu}{bar {nu}}, where {ell} = e, {mu}, is presented. It is based on proton-proton collision data at {radical}s = 7 TeV, collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in the first half of 2011 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.04 fb{sup -1}. The data are compared to the expected standard model backgrounds. The data and the background expectations are found to be in agreement and upper limits are placed on the Higgs boson production cross section over the entire mass window considered; in particular, the production of a standard model Higgs boson is excluded in the region 340 < m{sub H} < 450 GeV at the 95% confidence level.

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DOE OSTI2018

Observation of Higgs Boson Decay to Bottom Quarks

Here, the observation of the standard model (SM) Higgs boson decay to a pair of bottom quarks is presented. The main contribution to this result is from processes in which Higgs bosons are produced in association with a W or Z boson (VH), and are searched for in final states including 0, 1, or 2 charged leptons and two identified bottom quark jets. The results from the measurement of these processes in a data sample recorded by the CMS experiment in 2017, comprising 41.3 fb -1 of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV, are described. When combined with previous VH measurements using data collected at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7, 8, and 13 TeV, an excess of events is observed at m H =125 GeV with a significance of 4.8 standard deviations, where the expectation for the SM Higgs boson is 4.9. The corresponding measured signal strength is 1.01 ± 0.22. The combination of this result with searches by the CMS experiment for H→$b\bar{b}$ in other production processes yields an observed (expected) significance of 5.6 (5.5) standard deviations and a signal strength of 1.04±0.20.

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DOE OSTI2016

Results of a higgs boson searches in the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the large hadron collider at energies 7 and 8 TeV

Recent achievements of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider searching for a Higgs boson are summarized. A new particle with the mass of 125 GeV and properties expected for the Standard Model Higgs boson was discovered three years ago in these experiments in proton-proton collisions when analyzing part of the data taken at the centre-of-mass energies 7 TeV and 8 TeV in 2011 and 2012 year exposures. Today all the data are processed and fully analyzed. Experimental results of studies of individual Higgs boson decay channels as well as their combination to extract such properties as mass, signal strength, coupling constants, spin and parity are reviewed. All experimental results are found to be compatible with the Standard Model predictions.

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DOE OSTI2017

Search for heavy resonances that decay into a vector boson and a Higgs boson in hadronic final states at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ $\,\text {TeV}$

A search for heavy resonances with masses above 1 $\,\text {TeV}$ , decaying to final states containing a vector boson and a Higgs boson, is presented. The search considers hadronic decays of the vector boson, and Higgs boson decays to b quarks. The decay products are highly boosted, and each collimated pair of quarks is reconstructed as a single, massive jet. The analysis is performed using a data sample collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 $\,\text {TeV}$ , corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 $\,\text {fb}^{-1}$ . The data are consistent with the background expectation and are used to place limits on the parameters of a theoretical model with a heavy vector triplet. In the benchmark scenario with mass-degenerate $\mathrm{W^{'}}$ and $\mathrm{Z}' $ bosons decaying predominantly to pairs of standard model bosons, for the first time heavy resonances for masses as high as 3.3 $\,\text {TeV}$ are excluded at 95% confidence level, setting the most stringent constraints to date on such states decaying into a vector boson and a Higgs boson.

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DOE OSTI2017

Characterizing Higgs portal dark matter models at the ILC

For this article, we study the dark matter (DM) discovery prospect and its spin discrimination in the theoretical framework of gauge invariant and renormalizable Higgs portal DM models at the ILC with $\sqrt{s}$= 500 GeV. In such models, the DM pair is produced in association with a Z boson. In the case of the singlet scalar DM, the mediator is just the SM Higgs boson, whereas for the fermion or vector DM there is an additional singlet scalar mediator that mixes with the SM Higgs boson, which produces significant observable differences. After careful investigation of the signal and backgrounds both at parton level and at detector level, we find the signal with hadronically decaying Z boson provides a better search sensitivity than the signal with leptonically decaying Z boson. Taking the fermion DM model as a benchmark scenario, when the DM-mediator coupling g χ is relatively small, the DM signals are discoverable only for benchmark points with relatively light scalar mediator H 2 . The spin discriminating from scalar DM is always promising, while it is difficult to discriminate from vector DM. As for g χ approaching the perturbative limit, benchmark points with the mediator H 2 in the full mass region of interest are discoverable. The spin discriminating aspects from both the scalar and the fermion DM are quite promising.

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DOE OSTI2010

First Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson Using the Semileptonic Decay Channel: H → WW → μ$\bar{v}$jj

This dissertation presents the first search for the standard model Higgs boson (H) in decay topologies containing a muon, an imbalance in transverse momentum (E T ) and jets, using p$\bar{p}$ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 4.3 fb -1 recorded with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. This analysis is sensitive primary to contributions from Higgs bosons produced through gluon fusion, with subsequent decay H → WW → μνjj where W represents a real or virtual W boson. In the absence of signal, limits are set at 95% confidence on the production and decay of the standard model Higgs boson for M H in the range of 115-200 GeV. For M H = 165 GeV, the observed and expected limits are factors of 11.2 larger than the standard model value. Combining this channel with eνjj final states and including earlier data to increase the integrated luminosity to 5.4 fb -1 produces observed(expected) limits of 5.5(3.8) times the standard model value.

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DOE OSTI2011

The Road to the Higgs in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 1.96 TeV

Presented is a series of analyses which are central to the search for a low-mass Higgs boson. A search for $ZZ$ production in the $ZZ\rightarrow\ell^{}\ell^{+}\nu\bar{\nu}$ channel is introduced then the successful combination of this analysis with with the $ZZ\rightarrow\ell^+\ell^-\ell'^+\ell'^-$ search to produce the first observation of the $ZZ$ process at a hadron collider is then detailed. The final analysis presented is the search for the Higgs in the $ZH\rightarrow\nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ channel and the interpretation as a $ZZ\rightarrow\nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ search in order to validate the techniques. Common themes are discussed, such as multivariate techniques and instrumental backgrounds from energy measurement fluctuations and the tools used to combat them. The formalism of the statistical analysis of the final selected sample is introduced generally and demonstrated in the context of the above mentioned searches. The optimization of the selection through the identification of poorly reconstructed leptons is included as well as the utilization of b-quark identifying tools. Some space is given to jet reconstruction/identification and the Level 1 Calorimeter Trigger. The efficient identification and calibration of jets is central to many physics analysis especially in the low mass higgs search. Another key component of the $ZH\rightarrow\nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ search is the proficient identification of jets and an imbalance of transverse energy in the first level of the triggering system. Therefore, the Level 1 Calorimeter Trigger, designed to achieve this, is a necessary component for a sensitive $ZH\rightarrow\nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ search.

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DOE OSTI2011

Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson with a Dilepton and Missing Energy Signature

The subject of this thesis is the search for a standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of W bosons that in turn decay leptonically, H → W + W - → $\bar{ℓ}$vℓ$\bar{v}$. This search is performed considering events produced in p$\bar{p}$ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV, where two oppositely charged lepton candidates (e + e - , e ± μ ± , or μ + μ} - ), and missing transverse energy, have been reconstructed. The data were collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider, and are tested against the standard model predictions computed for a Higgs boson with mass in the range 115-200 GeV. No excess of events over background is observed, and limits on Standard Model Higgs boson production are determined. An interpretation of these limits within the hypothesis of a fourth-generation extension to the standard model is also given. The overall analysis scheme is the same for the three dilepton pairs being considered (e + e - , e ± μ ± , or μ + μ - ); this thesis, however, describes in detail the study of the dimuon final state.

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DOE OSTI2016

Cosmological Constraints on Decoupled Dark Photons and Dark Higgs

Any neutral boson such as a dark photon or dark Higgs that is part of a non-standard sector of particles can mix with its standard model counterpart. When very weakly mixed with the Standard Model, these particles are produced in the early Universe via the freeze-in mechanism and subsequently decay back to standard model particles. In this work, we place constraints on such mediator decays by considering bounds from Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background radiation. We find both nucleosynthesis and CMB can constrain dark photons with a kinetic mixing parameter between log ϵ ~ -10 to -17 for masses between 1 MeV and 100 GeV. Similarly, the dark Higgs mixing angle ϵ with the Standard Model Higgs is constrained between log ϵ ~ -6 to -15. Dramatic improvement on the bounds from CMB spectral distortions can be achieved with proposed experiments such as PIXIE.

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DOE OSTI2016

The Higgs Portal and Cosmology

Higgs portal interactions provide a simple mechanism for addressing two open problems in cosmology: dark matter and the baryon asymmetry. In the latter instance, Higgs portal interactions may contain the ingredients for a strong first-order electroweak phase transition as well as new CP-violating interactions as needed for electroweak baryogenesis. These interactions may also allow for a viable dark matter candidate. We survey the opportunities for probing the Higgs portal as it relates to these questions in cosmology at the LHC and possible future colliders.

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DOE OSTI2010

A Hybrid Higgs

We construct composite Higgs models admitting a weakly coupled Seiberg dual description. We focus on the possibility that only the up-type Higgs is an elementary field, while the down-type Higgs arises as a composite hadron. The model, based on a confining SQCD theory, breaks supersymmetry and electroweak symmetry dynamically and calculably. This simultaneously solves the {mu}/B{sub {mu}} problem and explains the smallness of the bottom and tau masses compared to the top mass. The proposal is then applied to a class of models where the same confining dynamics is used to generate the Standard Model flavor hierarchy by quark and lepton compositeness. This provides a unified framework for flavor, supersymmetry breaking and electroweak physics. The weakly coupled dual is used to explicitly compute the MSSM parameters in terms of a few microscopic couplings, giving interesting relations between the electroweak and soft parameters. The RG evolution down to the TeV scale is obtained and salient phenomenological predictions of this class of 'single-sector' models are discussed.

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