Search for decays of the Higgs boson into scalar particles decaying into four or six <i>b</i> quarks using <i>pp</i> collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector


Aad G., Aad G., Aakvaag E., Abbott B., Abdelhameed S., Abeling K., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, cilt.112, sa.7, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 112 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/mzld-ldlt
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC, MathSciNet, zbMATH, Nature Index
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson H into new scalar or pseudoscalar particles that subsequently decay into b-quarks is presented. The search considers ZH production with several decay scenarios for the Higgs boson; first to a pair of identical scalars, H -> 2a -> 4b, second to a pair of scalars with different masses (m(a1) < m(a2)), either directly, H -> a(1)a(2) -> 4b, or via a longer decay chain, H -> a(1)a(2) -> 3(a1) -> 6b. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data at root s = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb(-1). No significant excess above the Standard Model prediction is observed. The search sets upper limits at 95% confidence level on the ratio of the Higgs boson production cross section to the SM prediction times the branching ratio of Higgs bosons decaying into 4b or 6b, between 4% and 25% for sigma(ZH)/sigma(SM) (ZH) x B(H -> 2a -> 4b), between 24% and 38% for sigma(ZH) / sigma(SM) (ZH) x B(H -> a(1) a(2) -> 4b), and between 10% and 20% for sigma(ZH)/sigma(SM)(ZH) x B(H -> a(1)a(2) -> 3(a1) -> 6b), depending on the masses of the scalar particles.