Search for a standard model Higgs boson in WH→ℓ vbb̄ in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV

Authors

T. Aaltonen, Helsingin Yliopisto
J. Adelman, The Enrico Fermi Institute
T. Akimoto, University of Tsukuba
B. Álvarez González, Universidad de Cantabria
S. Amerio, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
D. Amidei, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
A. Anastassov, Northwestern University
A. Annovi, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
J. Antos, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
G. Apollinari, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Apresyan, Purdue University
T. Arisawa, Waseda University
A. Artikov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
W. Ashmanskas, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Attal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
A. Aurisano, Texas A&M University
F. Azfar, University of Oxford
P. Azzurri, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
W. Badgett, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Barbaro-Galtieri, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
V. E. Barnes, Purdue University
B. A. Barnett, Johns Hopkins University
V. Bartsch, University College London
G. Bauer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. H. Beauchemin, TRIUMF
F. Bedeschi, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
D. Beecher, University College London
S. Behari, Johns Hopkins University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2009

Abstract

We present a search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W boson using 2.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity of pp̄ collision data taken at s=1.96TeV. Limits on the Higgs boson production rate are obtained for masses between 100 and 150GeV/c2. Through the use of multivariate techniques, the analysis achieves an observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit of 5.6 (4.8) times the theoretically expected production cross section for a standard model Higgs boson with a mass of 115GeV/c2. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Álvarez González, B., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzurri, P., Badgett, W., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V., Barnett, B., Bartsch, V., Bauer, G., Beauchemin, P., Bedeschi, F., Beecher, D., & Behari, S. (2009). Search for a standard model Higgs boson in WH→ℓ vbb̄ in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. Physical Review Letters, 103 (10) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.101802