2018/11/30 by CMS Collaboration · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.121803
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 121803 (2019) · Replaced with the published version. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/HIG-17-030 (CMS Public Pages)
arxiv created 2019/04/05 · arxiv updated 2019/04/10
This Letter describes a search for Higgs boson pair production using the combined results from four final states: bbγγ, bbττ, bbbb, and bbVV, where V represents a W or Z boson. The search is performed using data collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment from LHC proton-proton collisions at √(s) = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1. Limits are set on the Higgs boson pair production cross section. A 95% confidence level observed (expected) upper limit on the nonresonant production cross section is set at 22.2 (12.8) times the standard model value. A search for narrow resonances decaying to Higgs boson pairs is also performed in the mass range 250-3000 GeV. No evidence for a signal is observed, and upper limits are set on the resonance production cross section.