Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying into a heavy CP-even Higgs boson and a Z boson in the ℓ+ℓ−tt¯ and νν¯bb¯ final states using 140 fb−1 of data collected with the ATLAS detector

doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2024)197

Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying into a heavy CP-even Higgs boson and a Z boson in the ℓ+ℓ−tt¯ and νν¯bb¯ final states using 140 fb⁻¹ of data collected with the ATLAS detector

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

A search for a heavy CP-odd Higgs boson, A, decaying into a Z boson and a heavy CP-even Higgs boson, H, is presented. It uses the full LHC Run 2 dataset of pp collisions at s = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb⁻¹. The search for A → ZH is performed in the ℓ⁺ℓ⁻tt¯ and νν¯bb¯ final states and surpasses the reach of previous searches in different final states in the region with m_H > 350 GeV and m_A > 800 GeV. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is found. Upper limits are placed on the production cross-section times the decay branching ratios. Limits with less model dependence are also presented as functions of the reconstructed m(tt¯) and m(bb¯) distributions in the ℓ⁺ℓ⁻tt¯ and νν¯bb¯ channels, respectively. In addition, the results are interpreted in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models.

Original language	American English
Article number	197
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2024
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2024)197
State	Published - 1 Feb 2024

Keywords

Hadron-Hadron Scattering

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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AU - Agarwala, J.

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AU - Agheorghiesei, C.

AU - Ahmad, A.

AU - Ahmadov, F.

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AU - Ahuja, S.

AU - Ai, X.

AU - Aielli, G.

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AU - Ait Tamlihat, M.

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AU - Aizenberg, I.

AU - Akbiyik, M.

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AU - Akimov, A. V.

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AU - Aktas, S.

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AU - Alberghi, G. L.

AU - Albert, J.

AU - Albicocco, P.

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AU - Alderweireldt, S.

AU - Aleksa, M.

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AU - Alexa, C.

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AU - Citron, Z. H.

AU - Istin, S.

AU - Kajomovitz, E.

AU - Moleri, L.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Laurier, A.

AU - Melini, D.

AU - Appelt, C.

AU - Barak, L.

AU - Barron, U.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Benhammou, Y.

AU - Biswal, J. P.

AU - Chen, B.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Frid, Y. Y.

AU - Koren, G.

AU - Kuprash, O.

AU - Lutz, M. S.

AU - Nayak, R.

AU - Ninio, G.

AU - Pascual Dominguez, L.

AU - Reikher, D.

AU - Salvador Salas, A.

AU - Soffer, A.

AU - Tamir, N. M.

AU - Vannicola, D.

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