Search for a Higgs boson decaying into γ*γ→ℓℓγ with low dilepton mass in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

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A search is described for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons, one of which has an internal conversion to a muon or an electron pair (ℓℓγ). The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The events selected have an opposite-sign muon or electron pair and a high transverse momentum photon. No excess above background has been found in the three-body invariant mass range 120<mℓℓγ<150 GeV, and limits have been derived for the Higgs boson production cross section times branching fraction for the decay H→γ*γ→ℓℓγ, where the dilepton invariant mass is less than 20 GeV. For a Higgs boson with mH=125 GeV, a 95% confidence level (CL) exclusion observed (expected) limit is 6.7 (5.9-1.8 +2.8) times the standard model prediction. Additionally, an upper limit at 95% CL on the branching fraction of H→(J/ψ)γ for the 125 GeV Higgs boson is set at 1.5×10-3. © 2015 The Authors.

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dc.contributor.authorKhachatryan, V.
dc.contributor.authorSirunyan, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorTumasyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, W.
dc.contributor.authorAsilar, E.
dc.contributor.authorBergauer, T.
dc.contributor.authorBrandstetter, J.
dc.contributor.authorBrondolin, E.
dc.contributor.authorDragicevic, M.
dc.contributor.authorErö, J.
dc.contributor.authorFlechl, M.
dc.contributor.authorFriedl, M.
dc.contributor.authorFrühwirth, R.
dc.contributor.authorGhete, V.M.
dc.contributor.authorHartl, C.
dc.contributor.authorHörmann, N.
dc.contributor.authorHrubec, J.
dc.contributor.authorJeitler, M.
dc.contributor.authorKnünz, V.
dc.contributor.authorKönig, A.
dc.contributor.authorKrammer, M.
dc.contributor.authorKrätschmer, I.
dc.contributor.authorLiko, D.
dc.contributor.authorMatsushita, T.
dc.contributor.authorMikulec, I.
dc.contributor.authorRabady, D.
dc.contributor.authorRahbaran, B.
dc.contributor.authorRohringer, H.
dc.contributor.authorSchieck, J.
dc.contributor.authorSchöfbeck, R.
dc.contributor.authorStrauss, J.
dc.contributor.authorTreberer-Treberspurg, W.
dc.contributor.authorWaltenberger, W.
dc.contributor.authorWulz, C.-E.
dc.contributor.authorMossolov, V.
dc.contributor.authorShumeiko, N.
dc.contributor.authorSuarez Gonzalez, J.
dc.contributor.authorAlderweireldt, S.
dc.contributor.authorCornelis, T.
dc.contributor.authorDe Wolf, E.A.
dc.contributor.authorJanssen, X.
dc.contributor.authorKnutsson, A.
dc.contributor.authorLauwers, J.
dc.contributor.authorLuyckx, S.
dc.contributor.authorOchesanu, S.
dc.contributor.authorRougny, R.
dc.contributor.authorVan De Klundert, M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Haevermaet, H.
dc.contributor.authorVan Mechelen, P.
dc.contributor.authorVan Remortel, N.
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-18T20:30:21.169717585Z
dc.date.available2026-10-18T20:30:21.169717585Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractA search is described for a Higgs boson decaying into two photons, one of which has an internal conversion to a muon or an electron pair (ℓℓγ). The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The events selected have an opposite-sign muon or electron pair and a high transverse momentum photon. No excess above background has been found in the three-body invariant mass range 120<mℓℓγ<150 GeV, and limits have been derived for the Higgs boson production cross section times branching fraction for the decay H→γ*γ→ℓℓγ, where the dilepton invariant mass is less than 20 GeV. For a Higgs boson with mH=125 GeV, a 95% confidence level (CL) exclusion observed (expected) limit is 6.7 (5.9-1.8 +2.8) times the standard model prediction. Additionally, an upper limit at 95% CL on the branching fraction of H→(J/ψ)γ for the 125 GeV Higgs boson is set at 1.5×10-3. © 2015 The Authors.
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding text 1: Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation ; the A.P. Sloan Foundation ; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office ; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research , India; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish Science , cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund ; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste); MIUR project 20108T4XTM (Italy); the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF ; the National Priorities Research Programme by Qatar National Research Fund ; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship , Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); and the Welch Foundation .; Funding text 2: We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq , CAPES , FAPERJ , and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN ; CAS , MoST , and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER , ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland , MEC , and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV , CONACYT , SEP , and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON , RosAtom , RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter , IPST , STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.039
dc.identifier.endpage362
dc.identifier.issn0370-2693
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84952801806
dc.identifier.startpage341
dc.identifier.urihttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/15508
dc.identifier.volume753
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCMS
dc.subjectDalitz decay
dc.subjectHiggs boson
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleSearch for a Higgs boson decaying into γ*γ→ℓℓγ with low dilepton mass in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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