Search for Higgs boson and observation of Z boson through their decay into a charm quark-antiquark pair in boosted topologies in proton-proton collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV

Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Del Valle, A. Escalante; Hussain, P. S.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Lechner, L.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Paulitsch, P.; Pitters, F. M.; Schieck, J.; Schoefbeck, R.; Schwarz, D.; Templ, S.; Waltenberger, W.; Wulz, C. -E.; Darwish, M. R.; Janssen, T.; Kello, T.; Sfar, H. Rejeb; Van Mechelen, P.; Bols, E. S.; D'Hondt, J.; De Moor, A.; Delcourt, M.; El Faham, H.; Lowette, S.; Moortgat, S.; Morton, A.; Mueller, D.; Sahasransu, A. R.; Tavernier, S.; Van Doninck, W.; Vannerom, D.; Clerbaux, B.; De Lentdecker, G.; Favart, L.; Hohov, D.; Jaramillo, J.; Lee, K.; Mahdavikhorrami, M.; Makarenko, I.; Malara, A.; Paredes, S.; Petre, L.; Postiau, N.; Thomas, L.; Vanden Bemden, M.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; Dobur, D.; Knolle, J.; Lambrecht, L.; Mestdach, G.; Niedziela, M.; Rendon, C.; Roskas, C.; Samalan, A.; Skovpen, K.; Tytgat, M.; Van den Bossche, N.; Vermassen, B.; Wezenbeek, L.; Benecke, A.; Bruno, G.; Bury, F.; Caputo, C.; David, P.; Delaere, C.; Donertas, I. S.; Giammanco, A.; Jaffel, K.; Jain, Sa.; Lemaitre, V.; Mondal, K.; Taliercio, A.; Tran, T. T.; Vischia, P.; Wertz, S.; Alves, G. A.; Coelho, E.; Hensel, C.; Moraes, A.; Rebello Teles, P.; Alda Junior, W. L.; Alves Gallo Pereira, M.; Barroso Ferreira Filho, M.; Brandao Malbouisson, H.; Carvalho, W.; Chinellato, J.; Da Costa, E. M.; Da Silveira, G. G.; De Jesus Damiao, D.; Dos Santos Sousa, V.; et al.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.041801

research article

Search for Higgs boson and observation of Z boson through their decay into a charm quark-antiquark pair in boosted topologies in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Tumasyan, A.

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Adam, W.

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Andrejkovic, J. W.

July 26, 2023

Physical Review Letters

A search for the standard model (SM) Higgs boson (H) produced with transverse momentum (p(T)) greater than 450 GeV and decaying to a charm quark-antiquark (c (c) over bar) pair is presented. The search is performed using proton-proton collision data collected at root s =13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). Boosted H -> c (c) over bar decay products are reconstructed as a single large-radius jet and identified using a deep neural network charm tagging technique. The method is validated by measuring the Z -> c (c) over bar decay process, which is observed in association with jets at high p(T) for the first time with a signal strength of 1.00(-0.14) (+0.17) (syst) +/- 0.08(theo) +/- 0.06 (stat), defined as the ratio of the observed process rate to the SM expectation. The observed (expected) upper limit on sigma(H) B (H ->(c) over bar) is set at 47 (39) times the SM prediction at 95% confidence level.