Search for a boosted Higgs boson decaying to bottom quark pairs in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

A search is conducted for standard model Higgs bosons with large transverse momentum (𝑝$_T$) decaying to bottom quark pairs and produced in association with a hadronically decaying W or Z boson at the LHC. The result is based on a dataset of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeVcollected with the CMS detector in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{−1}$. Boosted Higgs, W, and Z boson decays are reconstructed using large-radius jets with 𝑝$_T$ > 450 GeV and identified with heavy-flavor classifiers based on a graph convolutional neural network. The observed signal strength relative to the standard model expectation is 𝜇 = 0.72$^{+0.75}_{−0.71}$ including statistical and systematic uncertainties.

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2026-07-24
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Search for a boosted Higgs boson decaying to bottom quark pairs in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

F Zhang, A Das, P Van Mechelen, I V Makarenko et al.
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Search for a boosted Higgs boson decaying to bottom quark pairs in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

F Zhang, A Das, P Van Mechelen, I V Makarenko, Alves GA, An Li, Schieck, C. Hensel, I Mikulec, K Skovpen, V Lemaître, J. Song, M Delcourt, J D'hondt, H Kwon, M N Matthewman, G W P De lentdecker, S L Bein, J Van der linden, G P Van onsem, M G Tytgat, M G Dragicevic, T Bergauer, B Clerbaux, A Tumasyan, S R J Lowette, L Thomas, N Krammer, V Makarenko, L Favart, P Vanlaer, A Giammanco, S Van putte, S Tavernier, A Benecke, C Delaere, D Schwarz, A F Moor, M. De Coen, C.-E. Wulz, J. Lidrych, C. Mora Herrera, P. Kashko, P. Malek, T. Van Laer, F. Heyen, S. Turkcapar, W. L. Aldá Júnior, G. Gokbulut, N. Van Den Bossche, M. Vanden Bemden, C. Vander Velde, D. Dobur, D. Marckx, P. S. Hussain, J. Bierkens, J. De Favereau De Jeneret, M. Jeitler, J. Knolle, A. Vilela Pereira, J. Vandenbroeck, D. Vannerom, Y. Hong, G. Bruno, H. Evard, P. Mastrapasqua, P. Gianneios, M. Shooshtari, W. Waltenberger, A. Cappati, N. Breugelmans, E. Coelho, D. Liko, M. A. Shahzad, R. Schöfbeck, S. Dansana, B. Bilin, M. Sonawane, A. Khalilzadeh, M. Barroso Ferreira Filho, A. O. Guzel, D. Ocampo Henao, T. Menezes De Oliveira, A. Hayrapetyan, I. De Bruyn, D. Ocampo Henao, E. J. Tonelli Manganote, A. Bethani, W. Adam, T. Janssen, A. Malara, L. Benato, H. Brandao Malbouisson, J. W. Andrejkovic, M. Soeiro, C. Giordano, D. Müller, L. Wezenbeek, P. Rebello Teles, F. A. Khan
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Abstract

A search is conducted for standard model Higgs bosons with large transverse momentum (𝑝$_T$) decaying to bottom quark pairs and produced in association with a hadronically decaying W or Z boson at the LHC. The result is based on a dataset of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeVcollected with the CMS detector in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{−1}$. Boosted Higgs, W, and Z boson decays are reconstructed using large-radius jets with 𝑝$_T$ > 450 GeV and identified with heavy-flavor classifiers based on a graph convolutional neural network. The observed signal strength relative to the standard model expectation is 𝜇 = 0.72$^{+0.75}_{−0.71}$ including statistical and systematic uncertainties.

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