2011/10/31 by K. Potamianos, Karolos Potamianos, Potamianos, Karolos
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.0074
arxiv created 2011/10/31 · openalex publication_date 2011/10/31 · arxiv updated 2011/11/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present the result of searches for a low mass Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or a Z boson at a center-of-mass energy of √(s)=1.96 TeV with the CDF and D0 detectors at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The search is performed in events containing one or two b tagged jets in association with either two leptons, or one lepton and an imbalance in transverse energy, or simply a large imbalance in transverse energy. Datasets corresponding to up to 8.5 fb-1 of integrated luminosity are considered in the analyses. These are the most powerful channels in the search for a low mass Higgs boson at the Tevatron. Recent sensitivity improvements are discussed. For a Higgs mass of 115 \gevcc, the expected sensitivity for the most sensitive individual analyses reaches 2.3 times the SM prediction at 95% confidence level (C.L.), with all limits below 5 times the SM. Additionally, a WZ/ZZ cross-section measurement is performed to validate the analysis techniques deployed for searching for the Higgs.