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A search for resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a new particle X in the XH → qqbb final state with the ATLAS detector

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Aaboud, M 
Aad, G 
Abbott, B 
Abdinov, O 
Abeloos, B 

Abstract

A search for heavy resonances decaying into a Higgs boson (H) and a new particle (X) is reported, utilizing 36.1 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s= 13 TeV collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The particle X is assumed to decay to a pair of light quarks, and the fully hadronic final state XHqq¯bb¯ is analysed. The search considers the regime of high XH resonance masses, where the X and H bosons are both highly Lorentz-boosted and are each reconstructed using a single jet with large radius parameter. A two-dimensional phase space of XH mass versus X mass is scanned for evidence of a signal, over a range of XH resonance mass values between 1 TeV and 4 TeV, and for X particles with masses from 50 GeV to 1000 GeV. All search results are consistent with the expectations for the background due to Standard Model processes, and 95% CL upper limits are set, as a function of XH and X masses, on the production cross-section of the XHqq¯bb¯ resonance.

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Keywords

hep-ex, hep-ex

Journal Title

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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Journal ISSN

0370-2693
1873-2445

Volume Title

779

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/I005846/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/J00488X/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/K003666/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/L005662/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/M006417/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/H001093/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/H001093/2)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (PP/E000347/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/K001361/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000234/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/R504671/1)