Search for a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in p over(p, ̄) collisions

Authors

V. M. Abazov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, DubnaFollow
B. Abbott, University of Oklahoma
M. Abolins, Michigan State UniversityFollow
B. S. Acharya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
M. Adams, University of Illinois at ChicagoFollow
T. Adams, Florida State UniversityFollow
E. Aguilo, University of Alberta
S. H. Ahn, Korea UniversityFollow
Abaz Kryemadhi, Messiah UniversityFollow
G. D. Pepe, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-8-2007

Abstract

We describe a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass of 105 GeV/ c2 to 145 GeV/ c2 in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 450 pb-1 collected with the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron p over(p, ̄) collider at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The Higgs boson is required to be produced in association with a Z boson, and the Z boson is required to decay to either electrons or muons with the Higgs boson decaying to a b over(b, ̄) pair. The data are well described by the expected background, leading to 95% confidence level cross section upper limits σ (p over(p, ̄) → Z H) × B (H → b over(b, ̄)) in the range of 3.1 pb to 4.4 pb. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Kryemadhi, Abaz; and Pepe, G. D., "Search for a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson in p over(p, ̄) collisions" (2007). Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters. 135.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/mps_ed/135