Searches for exclusive Higgs and Z boson decays into a vector quarkonium state and a photon using 139 fb - 1 of ATLAS √s=13 TeV proton–proton collision data
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Contributors
- Chair of Experimental Particle Physics
- Chair of Particle Physics
- Aix-Marseille Université
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Göttingen
- Mohammed V University in Rabat
- Tel Aviv University
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- New York University
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- King's College London (KCL)
- 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
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
- University of Granada
- Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Searches for the exclusive decays of Higgs and Z bosons into a vector quarkonium state and a photon are performed in the μ+μ-γ final state with a proton–proton collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb - 1 collected at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The observed data are compatible with the expected backgrounds. The 95% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fractions of the Higgs boson decays into J/ψγ , ψ(2S)γ , and Υ(1S,2S,3S)γ are found to be 2.0 × 10 - 4 , 10.5 × 10 - 4 , and (2.5 , 4.2 , 3.4) × 10 - 4 , respectively, assuming Standard Model production of the Higgs boson. The corresponding 95% CL upper limits on the branching fractions of the Z boson decays are 1.2 × 10 - 6 , 2.4 × 10 - 6 , and (1.1 , 1.3 , 2.4) × 10 - 6 . An observed 95% CL interval of (- 133 , 175) is obtained for the κc/ κγ ratio of Higgs boson coupling modifiers, and a 95% CL interval of (- 37 , 40) is obtained for κb/ κγ .
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 781 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-33 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | European Physical Journal C |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 5 Sept 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0001-6480-6079/work/172566397 |
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ORCID | /0000-0003-0546-1634/work/173516639 |