Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Llbb Channel at CDF Run II.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Llbb Channel at CDF Run II.
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Total Pages: 153
Release: 2007
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The Standard Model of particle physics is in excellent agreement with the observed phenomena of particle physics. Within the Standard Model, the weak and electromagnetic forces are successfully combined. However, this combination is only valid if the masses of the force carriers of the weak force, the Z and W bosons, are massless. In fact, these two particles are the second and third most massive observed elementary particles. Within the minimal Standard Model, the Higgs mechanism is introduced to reconcile this contradiction. Conclusive proof of this theory would come with the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH -] Ll−bb̄ Channel at CDF Run II

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH -] Ll−bb̄ Channel at CDF Run II
Author: Jonathan Zvi Efron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: Higgs bosons
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Abstract: The Standard Model of particle physics is in excellent agreement with the observed phenomena of particle physics. Within the Standard Model, the weak and electromagnetic forces are successfully combined. However, his combination is only valid if the masses of the force carriers of the weak force, the Z and W bosons, are massless. In fact, these two particles are the second and third most massive observed elementary particles. Within the minimal Standard Model, the Higgs mechanism is introduced to reconcile this contradiction. Conclusive proof of this theory would come with the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Vvbb Channel at CDF Run II

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Vvbb Channel at CDF Run II
Author: Brandon Scott Parks
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Total Pages: 150
Release: 2008
Genre: Higgs bosons
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Abstract: This analysis focuses on a low mass Higgs boson search with 1.7 fb^-1 of data. The focus is on Higgs events in which it is produced in association with a W or Z boson. Such events are expected to leave a distinct signature of large missing transverse energy for either a Z to vv decay or a leptonic W decay in which the lepton goes undetected, as well as jets with taggable secondary vertices from the H to bb decay. Utilizing a new track based technique for removing QCD multi-jet processes as well as a neural network discriminant, an expected limit of 8.3 times the Standard Model prediction at the 95% CL for a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c^2 is calculated, with an observed limit of 8.0*SM.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH-]vvbb Channel at CDF Run II.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH-]vvbb Channel at CDF Run II.
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Total Pages: 179
Release: 2008
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This analysis focuses on a low mass Higgs boson search with 1.7 fb−1 of data. The focus is on Higgs events in which it is produced in association with a W or Z boson. Such events are expected to leave a distinct signature of large missing transverse energy for either a Z → [nu][nu] decay or a leptonic W decay in which the lepton goes undetected, as well as jets with taggable secondary vertices from the H → b{bar B} decay. Utilizing a new track based technique for removing QCD multi-jet processes as well as a neural network discriminant, an expected limit of 8.3 times the Standard Model prediction at the 95% CL for a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c2 is calculated, with an observed limit of 8.0*SM.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to L+l-b$\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Run II.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to L+l-b$\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Run II.
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Total Pages: 153
Release: 2007
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The Standard Model of particle physics is in excellent agreement with the observed phenomena of particle physics. Within the Standard Model, the weak and electromagnetic forces are successfully combined. However, this combination is only valid if the masses of the force carriers of the weak force, the Z and W bosons, are massless. In fact, these two particles are the second and third most massive observed elementary particles. Within the minimal Standard Model, the Higgs mechanism is introduced to reconcile this contradiction. Conclusive proof of this theory would come with the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH {u2192} Vvb$\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Run II.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH {u2192} Vvb$\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Run II.
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Total Pages: 179
Release: 2008
Genre:
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This analysis focuses on a low mass Higgs boson search with 1.7 fb-1 of data. The focus is on Higgs events in which it is produced in association with a W or Z boson. Such events are expected to leave a distinct signature of large missing transverse energy for either a Z → vv decay or a leptonic W decay in which the lepton goes undetected, as well as jets with taggable secondary vertices from the H → b$ar{b}$ decay. Utilizing a new track based technique for removing QCD multi-jet processes as well as a neural network discriminant, an expected limit of 8.3 times the Standard Model prediction at the 95% CL for a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c2 is calculated, with an observed limit of 8.0*SM.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Uubb Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques

Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Uubb Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques
Author: Justin Robert Pilot
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Total Pages: 131
Release: 2011
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Abstract: We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson using the process ZH to uubb. We use a dataset corresponding to 9.2/fb of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions with center-of-mass energy 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron, collected with the CDF II detector. This analysis benefits from several new multivariate techniques that have not been used in previous analyses at CDF. We use a multivariate function to select muon candidates, increasing signal acceptance while simultaneously keeping fake rates small. We employ an inclusive trigger selection to further increase acceptance. To enhance signal discrimination, we utilize a multi-layer approach consisting of expert discriminants. This multi-layer discriminant method helps isolate the two main classes of background events, t-tbar and Z+jets production. It also includes a flavor separator, to distinguish light flavor jets from jets consistent with the decay of a B-hadron. With this novel multi-layer approach, we proceed to set limits on the ZH production cross section times branching ratio. For a Higgs boson with mass 115 GeV/c^2, we observe (expect) a limit of 8.0 (4.9) times the Standard Model prediction.

Discovery Of The Higgs Boson

Discovery Of The Higgs Boson
Author: Aleandro Nisati
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2016-08-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981442546X

The recent observation of the Higgs boson has been hailed as the scientific discovery of the century and led to the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. This book describes the detailed science behind the decades-long search for this elusive particle at the Large Electron Positron Collider at CERN and at the Tevatron at Fermilab and its subsequent discovery and characterization at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Written by physicists who played leading roles in this epic search and discovery, this book is an authoritative and pedagogical exposition of the portrait of the Higgs boson that has emerged from a large number of experimental measurements. As the first of its kind, this book should be of interest to graduate students and researchers in particle physics.

Search for the Higgs Boson in the $ZH\to\mu^+\mu^- B\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques

Search for the Higgs Boson in the $ZH\to\mu^+\mu^- B\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques
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Release: 2011
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We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson using the process $ZH\to\mu^+\mu^- b\bar{b}$. We use a dataset corresponding to 9.2 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions with center-of-mass energy 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron, collected with the CDF II detector. This analysis benefits from several new multivariate techniques that have not been used in previous analyses at CDF. We use a multivariate function to select muon candidates, increasing signal acceptance while simultaneously keeping fake rates small. We employ an inclusive trigger selection to further increase acceptance. To enhance signal discrimination, we utilize a multi-layer approach consisting of expert discriminants. This multi-layer discriminant method helps isolate the two main classes of background events, $t\bar{t}$ and $Z$+jets production. It also includes a flavor separator, to distinguish light flavor jets from jets consistent with the decay of a $B$-hadron. Wit h this novel multi-layer approach, we proceed to set limits on the $ZH$ production cross section times branching ratio. For a Higgs boson with mass 115 GeV/$c^2$, we observe (expect) a limit of 8.0 (4.9) times the Standard Model prediction.