Combination of searches for Higgs boson pairs in pp collisions at with the ATLAS detector

Agni Bethani, Brian Cox, Cinzia Da Via, Nicholas Dann, Alessandra Forti, Frederick Loebinger, Jiri Masik, Stephen Menary, Francisca Munoz Sanchez, Alexander Oh, Joleen Pater, Yvonne Peters, Andrew Pilkington, Darren Price, Yang Qin, Savanna Shaw, Stephen Watts, Terence Wyatt, The ATLAS Collaboration

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    Abstract

    This letter presents a combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production using up to 36.1 of proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The combination is performed using six analyses searching for Higgs boson pairs decaying into the , , , , and final states. Results are presented for non-resonant and resonant Higgs boson pair production modes. No statistically significant excess in data above the Standard Model predictions is found. The combined observed (expected) limit at 95% confidence level on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair production cross-section is 6.9 (10) times the predicted Standard Model cross-section. Limits are also set on the ratio () of the Higgs boson self-coupling to its Standard Model value. This ratio is constrained at 95% confidence level in observation (expectation) to (). In addition, limits are set on the production of narrow scalar resonances and spin-2 Kaluza–Klein Randall–Sundrum gravitons. Exclusion regions are also provided in the parameter space of the habemus Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and the Electroweak Singlet Model.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPhysics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Early online date19 Nov 2019
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

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