Measurement of the properties of Higgs boson production at √s = 13 TeV in the H → γγ channel using 139 fb−1 of pp collision data with the ATLAS experiment

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Contributors

  • The ATLAS collaboration - , University of California at Berkeley, University of Bucharest, iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, University of Zululand, Cadi Ayyad University, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Georgia (Tbilisi), CERN (Author)
  • Chair of Experimental Particle Physics
  • Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • Chair of Particle Physics
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Göttingen
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • Tel Aviv University
  • Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  • New York University
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
  • King's College London (KCL)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules LAPP
  • AGH University of Science and Technology
  • University of Toronto
  • Brandeis University
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Istanbul University
  • University of Geneva
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • University of California at Santa Cruz
  • Institute for High Energy Physics
  • University of Pavia
  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
  • University of Granada
  • Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS)
  • TUD Dresden University of Technology
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • University of Warwick

Abstract

Measurements of Higgs boson production cross-sections are carried out in the diphoton decay channel using 139 fb−1 of pp collision data at s = 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The analysis is based on the definition of 101 distinct signal regions using machine-learning techniques. The inclusive Higgs boson signal strength in the diphoton channel is measured to be 1.04−0.09+0.10 . Cross-sections for gluon-gluon fusion, vector-boson fusion, associated production with a W or Z boson, and top associated production processes are reported. An upper limit of 10 times the Standard Model prediction is set for the associated production process of a Higgs boson with a single top quark, which has a unique sensitivity to the sign of the top quark Yukawa coupling. Higgs boson production is further characterized through measurements of Simplified Template Cross-Sections (STXS). In total, cross-sections of 28 STXS regions are measured. The measured STXS cross-sections are compatible with their Standard Model predictions, with a p-value of 93%. The measurements are also used to set constraints on Higgs boson coupling strengths, as well as on new interactions beyond the Standard Model in an effective field theory approach. No significant deviations from the Standard Model predictions are observed in these measurements, which provide significant sensitivity improvements compared to the previous ATLAS results. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number88
Number of pages100
JournalJournal of high energy physics
Volume2023
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-6480-6079/work/172566429
ORCID /0000-0003-0546-1634/work/173516658

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Keywords

  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Higgs Physics