Results are presented from searches for the standard model Higgs boson in proton–proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 and 8 TeV in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the LHC, using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 fb−1 at 7 TeV and 5.3 fb−1 at 8 TeV. The search is performed in five decay modes: γγ, ZZ, W+W−, τ+τ−, and bbbar. An excess of events is observed above the expected background, with a local significance of 5.0 standard deviations, at a mass near 125 GeV, signalling the production of a new particle. The expected significance for a standard model Higgs boson of that mass is 5.8 standard deviations. The excess is most significant in the two decay modes with the best mass resolution, γγ and ZZ; a fit to these signals gives a mass of 125.3±0.4(stat.)±0.5(syst.) GeV. The decay to two photons indicates that the new particle is a boson with spin different from one.

Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

CASTELLO, Roberto;SOLA, VALENTINA;GRECO, Michela;P. Meridiani;AMAPANE, Nicola Carlo;ARGIRO', Stefano;COSTA, Marco;MIGLIORE, Ernesto;MONACO, Vincenzo;MUSICH, MARCO;OBERTINO, Maria Margherita;PELLICCIONI, Mario;PERONI, Cristiana;POTENZA, ALBERTO;ROMERO, Alessandra;SACCHI, Roberto;SOLANO, Ada Maria;BOTTA, CRISTINA;CERMINARA, GIANLUCA;