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Search for Higgs boson pair production in the γγb b ⁻ final state using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV from the ATLAS Detector

Journal article published in 2016 by J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, M. Agustoni, S. P. Ahlen ORCID, F. Ahmadov, G. Aielli, H. Akerstedt, T. P. A. Åkesson, G. Akimoto, A. Akimov, G. L. Alberghi, J. Albert, S. Albrand, M. J. Alconada Verzini, M. Aleksa, I. N. Aleksandrov and other authors.
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Abstract

Searches are performed for resonant and nonresonant Higgs boson pair production in the γγbb¯ final state using 20 fb⁻¹ of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. A 95% confidence level upper limit on the cross section times branching ratio of nonresonant production is set at 2.2 pb, while the expected limit is 1.0 pb. The difference derives from a modest excess of events, corresponding to 2.4 standard deviations from the background-only hypothesis. The limit observed in the search for a narrow X → hh resonance ranges between 0.7 and 3.5 pb as a function of the resonance mass. ; G. Aad . P. Jackson . L. Lee . A. Petridis . N. Soni . M.J. White . et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)