Search for Narrow Hγ Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV
Physical Review Letters 2019
Viesturs Veckalns, et al 100

A search for heavy, narrow resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a photon (Hγ) has been performed in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016. Events containing a photon and a Lorentz-boosted hadronically decaying Higgs boson reconstructed as a single, large-radius jet are considered, and the γ+jet invariant mass spectrum is analyzed for the presence of narrow resonances. To increase the sensitivity of the search, events are categorized depending on whether or not the large-radius jet can be identified as a result of the merging of two jets originating from b quarks. Results in both categories are found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. Upper limits on the production rate of Hγ resonances are set as a function of their mass in the range of 720-3250 GeV, representing the most stringent constraints to date.


DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.081804
Hyperlink
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.081804

Veckalns, V., 100, e. Search for Narrow Hγ Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV. Physical Review Letters, 2019, Vol. 122, No. 8, pp.1-10. ISSN 0031-9007. e-ISSN 1079-7114. Available from: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.081804

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