Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector

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Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
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2016
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Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H ± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at √s=8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH ±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq ′ → H ±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W ′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H ± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq ′ → H ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb).
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Ciencias Exactas
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hadron-hadron scattering
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top quark
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spelling Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detectorAlconada Verzini, María JosefinaAlonso, FranciscoArduh, Francisco AnuarDova, María TeresaMonticelli, Fernando GabrielWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe ATLAS CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicahadron-hadron scatteringHiggs physicsHiggs bosontop quarkATLAS detectorCharged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H ± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at √s=8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH ±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq ′ → H ±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W ′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H ± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq ′ → H ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb).Facultad de Ciencias Exactas2016-03-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/79250enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1029-8479info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)127info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:12:09Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/79250Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:12:09.214SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
title Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Ciencias Exactas
Física
hadron-hadron scattering
Higgs physics
Higgs boson
top quark
ATLAS detector
title_short Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_full Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_sort Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV using the ATLAS detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
hadron-hadron scattering
Higgs physics
Higgs boson
top quark
ATLAS detector
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
hadron-hadron scattering
Higgs physics
Higgs boson
top quark
ATLAS detector
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H ± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at √s=8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH ±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq ′ → H ±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W ′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H ± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq ′ → H ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb).
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description Charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via H ± → tb are searched for in proton-proton collisions measured with the ATLAS experiment at √s=8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3fb−1. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark, gb → tH ±, is explored in the mass range 200 to 600 GeV using multi-jet final states with one electron or muon. In order to separate the signal from the Standard Model background, analysis techniques combining several kinematic variables are employed. An excess of events above the background-only hypothesis is observed across a wide mass range, amounting to up to 2.4 standard deviations. Upper limits are set on the gb → tH ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb). Additionally, the complementary s-channel production, qq ′ → H ±, is investigated through a reinterpretation of W ′ → tb searches in ATLAS. Final states with one electron or muon are relevant for H ± masses from 0.4 to 2.0 TeV, whereas the all-hadronic final state covers the range 1.5 to 3.0 TeV. In these search channels, no significant excesses from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed, and upper limits are placed on the qq ′ → H ± production cross section times the branching fraction BR(H ± → tb).
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