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利用ATLAS探测器在$\boldsymbol{\rm \bar{s} = 13}$ TeV质子-质子对撞中寻找多轻子末态下的$\boldsymbol{t\bar{t}H/A \rightarrow t\bar{t}t\bar{t}}$产生过程

Search for $t\bar tH/A \rightarrow t\bar tt\bar t$ production in the multilepton final state in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

AI总结:

本研究利用ATLAS探测器139 fb$^{-1}$的13 TeV质子-质子对撞数据,通过多变量分类器寻找与顶夸对协同产生、衰变为顶夸对的重希格斯玻色子,未观测到显著超出,在II型双希格斯二重态模型下给出了截面上限与$\tan\beta$排除范围。

摘要:

本研究报道了对与一对顶夸克协同产生的新的重标量或赝标量希格斯玻色子($H/A$)的寻找,该希格斯玻色子会衰变为一对顶夸克($H/A\rightarrow t\bar{t}$)。本次寻找的目标末态为恰好包含两个同号电荷轻子,或至少包含三个轻子的末态。分析所用数据集对应于大型强子对撞机(LHC)上的ATLAS探测器在质心系能量13 TeV下收集的积分亮度为139 fb$^{-1}$的质子-质子对撞数据。研究使用了两个多变量分类器来区分信号与本底。观测结果未显示出超出标准模型预期的显著事例超出。研究结果在II型双希格斯二重态模型的框架下进行了解释:对于质量在400 GeV到1000 GeV之间的重希格斯玻色子,在95%置信水平下,$t\bar{t}H/A$产生截面乘以$H/A\rightarrow t\bar{t}$分支比的观测(预期)上限分别在14(10)fb到6(5)fb的范围内。假设只有标量$H$或赝标量$A$中的一种粒子对$t\bar{t}t\bar{t}$末态有贡献,则对于质量为400 GeV或1000 GeV的粒子,$\tan\beta$低于1.2或0.5的取值分别被排除;当同时考虑两种粒子时,排除范围扩大为$\tan\beta$低于1.6或0.6。

英文摘要:

A search for a new heavy scalar or pseudo-scalar Higgs boson ($H/A$) produced in association with a pair of top quarks, with the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of top quarks ($H/A\rightarrow t\bar{t}$) is reported. The search targets a final state with exactly two leptons with same-sign electric charges or at least three leptons. The analysed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Two multivariate classifiers are used to separate the signal from the background. No significant excess of events over the Standard Model expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of a type-II two-Higgs-doublet model. The observed (expected) upper limits at 95% confidence level on the $t\bar{t}H/A$ production cross-section times the branching ratio of $H/A\rightarrow t\bar{t}$ range between 14 (10) fb and 6 (5) fb for a heavy Higgs boson with mass between 400 GeV and 1000 GeV, respectively. Assuming that only one particle, either the scalar $H$ or the pseudo-scalar $A$, contributes to the $t\bar{t}t\bar{t}$ final state, values of $\tanβ$ below 1.2 or 0.5 are excluded for a mass of 400 GeV or 1000 GeV, respectively. These exclusion ranges increase to $\tanβ$ below 1.6 or 0.6 when both particles are considered.

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