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Search for Narrow H gamma Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=13 TeV

Author
Sirunyan A.M. Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia
Finger Miroslav, prof. Ing. DrSc. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague
Finger Michael, M.Sc. CSc. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, JINR Dubna
Afanasyev L.G. JINR
et al.  different institutions

Year
2019

Scientific journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 122 (8) 081804

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Abstract
A search for heavy, narrow resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a photon (Hy) has been performed in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016. Events containing a photon and a Lorentz-boosted hadronically decaying Higgs boson reconstructed as a single, large-radius jet are considered, and the y jet invariant mass spectrum is analyzed for the presence of narrow resonances. To increase the sensitivity of the search, events are categorized depending on whether or not the large-radius jet can be identified as a result of the merging of two jets originating from b quarks. Results in both categories are found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. Upper limits on the production rate of Hy resonances are sct as a function of their mass in the range of 720-3250 GeV, representing thc most stringent constraints to date.

Cite article as:
A. Sirunyan, M. Finger, M. Finger, L. Afanasyev, . et al., "Search for Narrow H gamma Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=13 TeV ", PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 122 (8) 081804 (2019)