A search for a massive resonance decaying into a pair of standard model Higgs bosons, in a final state consisting of two b quark–antiquark pairs, is performed. A data sample of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is used, collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016, and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1. The Higgs bosons are highly Lorentz-boosted and are each reconstructed as a single large-area jet. The signal is characterized by a peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution, above a background from the standard model multijet production. The observations are consistent with the background expectations, and are interpreted as upper limits on the products of the s-channel production cross sections and branching fractions of narrow bulk gravitons and radions in warped extra-dimensional models. The limits range from 126 to 1.4 fb at 95% confidence level for resonances with masses between 750 and 3000 GeV, and are the most stringent to date, over the explored mass range.

Search for a massive resonance decaying to a pair of Higgs bosons in the four b quark final state in proton–proton collisions at sqrt(s)=13TeV

Meridiani P.;Amapane N.;Argiro S.;Bellan R.;Costa M.;Covarelli R.;Kiani B.;Migliore E.;Monaco V.;Monteil E.;Obertino M. M.;Pacher L.;Pinna Angioni G. L.;Ravera F.;Romero A.;Sacchi R.;Shchelina K.;Sola V.;Solano A.;Rumerio P.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

A search for a massive resonance decaying into a pair of standard model Higgs bosons, in a final state consisting of two b quark–antiquark pairs, is performed. A data sample of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is used, collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016, and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1. The Higgs bosons are highly Lorentz-boosted and are each reconstructed as a single large-area jet. The signal is characterized by a peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution, above a background from the standard model multijet production. The observations are consistent with the background expectations, and are interpreted as upper limits on the products of the s-channel production cross sections and branching fractions of narrow bulk gravitons and radions in warped extra-dimensional models. The limits range from 126 to 1.4 fb at 95% confidence level for resonances with masses between 750 and 3000 GeV, and are the most stringent to date, over the explored mass range.
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CMS; di-Higgs boson resonance; Extradimensions; Graviton; Physics; Radion
Sirunyan A.M.; Tumasyan A.; Adam W.; Ambrogi F.; Asilar E.; Bergauer T.; Brandstetter J.; Brondolin E.; Dragicevic M.; Ero J.; Flechl M.; Friedl M.; F...espandi
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