We report on a search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into pairs of tau leptons in p (p) over bar collisions produced by the Tevatron at root s = 1.96 TeV. The analyzed data sample was recorded by the CDFII detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 6.0 fb(-1). The search is performed in the final state with one tau decaying leptonically and the second one identified through its semihadronic decay. Since no significant excess is observed, a 95% credibility level upper limit on the production cross section times branching ratio to the tau tau final state is set for hypothetical Higgs boson masses between 100 and 150 GeV/c(2). For a Higgs boson of 120 GeV/c(2) the observed (expected) limit is 14.6 (15.3) the predicted value.

Search for a Low-Mass Standard Model Higgs Boson in the tau tau Decay Channel in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV

CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;M. Dell’Orso;DONATI, SIMONE;G. Punzi;F. Ruffini;
2012-01-01

Abstract

We report on a search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into pairs of tau leptons in p (p) over bar collisions produced by the Tevatron at root s = 1.96 TeV. The analyzed data sample was recorded by the CDFII detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 6.0 fb(-1). The search is performed in the final state with one tau decaying leptonically and the second one identified through its semihadronic decay. Since no significant excess is observed, a 95% credibility level upper limit on the production cross section times branching ratio to the tau tau final state is set for hypothetical Higgs boson masses between 100 and 150 GeV/c(2). For a Higgs boson of 120 GeV/c(2) the observed (expected) limit is 14.6 (15.3) the predicted value.
2012
Aaltonen, T.; Álvarez González, B.; Amerio, S.; Amidei, D.; Anastassov, A.; Annovi, A.; Antos, J.; Apollinari, G.; Appel, J.; Apresyan, A.; Arisawa, T...espandi
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