Search for soft unclustered energy patterns produced in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √(s) = 13 TeV

2026/04/07 by CMS Collaboration · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140671

arxiv published 2026/04/07 · arxiv updated 2026/07/13

Abstract

A search for a Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson and decaying via a soft unclustered energy pattern (SUEP) is presented. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb^-1 collected between 2016 and 2018 at the LHC. Final states with a leptonic W or Z boson decay associated with a high multiplicity of low-momentum charged particles are explored for the first time. The results show no significant excess over the standard model background expectation. Limits are set on the production cross section of a Higgs boson that decays to a SUEP, for a range of parameters of the SUEP model. Material is provided to facilitate further interpretation of the results.

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Discussions

• #CMSpaper: Search for soft unclustered energy patterns produced in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV (arXiv:2604.05996) https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05996 #NewPh [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]