Imperial College London

Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

Professor of Physics
 
 
 
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@article{Sirunyan:2019:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.021,
author = {Sirunyan, AM and Tumasyan, A and Adam, W and Ambrogi, F and Asilar, E and Bergauer, T and Brandstetter, J and Dragicevic, M and Erö, J and Escalante, Del Valle A and Flechl, M and Frühwirth, R and Ghete, VM and Hrubec, J and Jeitler, M and Krammer, N and Krätschmer, I and Liko, D and Madlener, T and Mikulec, I and Rad, N and Rohringer, H and Schieck, J and Schöfbeck, R and Spanring, M and Spitzbart, D and Taurok, A and Waltenberger, W and Wittmann, J and Wulz, CE and Zarucki, M and Chekhovsky, V and Mossolov, V and Suarez, Gonzalez J and De, Wolf EA and Di, Croce D and Janssen, X and Lauwers, J and Pieters, M and Van, De Klundert M and Van, Haevermaet H and Van, Mechelen P and Van, Remortel N and Abu, Zeid S and Blekman, F and DHondt, J and De, Bruyn I and De, Clercq J and Deroover, K and Flouris, G and Lontkovskyi, D and Lowette, S and Marchesini, I and Moortgat, S and Moreels, L and Python, Q and Skovpen, K and Tavernier, S and Van, Doninck W and Van, Mulders P and Van, Parijs I and },
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.021},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
pages = {398--423},
title = {Search for an exotic decay of the Higgs boson to a pair of light pseudoscalars in the final state with two muons and two b quarks in pp collisions at 13 TeV},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.021},
volume = {795},
year = {2019}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB - AsearchforexoticdecaysoftheHiggsbosontoapairoflightpseudoscalarparticlesa1isperformedunderthehypothesisthatoneofthepseudoscalarsdecaystoapairofoppositesignmuonsandtheotherdecaystobb.Suchsignaturesarepredictedinanumberofextensionsofthestandardmodel(SM),includingnext-to-minimalsupersymmetryandtwo-Higgs-doubletmodelswithanadditionalscalarsinglet.Theresultsarebasedonadatasetofproton-protoncollisionscorrespondingtoanintegratedluminosityof35.9fb−1,accumulatedwiththeCMSexperimentattheCERNLHCin2016atacentre-of-massenergyof13 TeV.NostatisticallysignificantexcessisobservedwithrespecttotheSMbackgroundsinthesearchregionforpseudoscalarmassesfrom20 GeVtohalfoftheHiggsbosonmass.Upperlimitsat95%confidencelevelaresetontheproductoftheproductioncrosssectionandbranchingfraction,σhB(h→a1a1→μ+μ−bb),rangingfrom5to33 fb,dependingonthepseudoscalarmass.Correspondinglimitsonthebranchingfraction,assumingtheSMpredictionforσh,are(1–7)×10−4.
AU - Sirunyan,AM
AU - Tumasyan,A
AU - Adam,W
AU - Ambrogi,F
AU - Asilar,E
AU - Bergauer,T
AU - Brandstetter,J
AU - Dragicevic,M
AU - Erö,J
AU - Escalante,Del Valle A
AU - Flechl,M
AU - Frühwirth,R
AU - Ghete,VM
AU - Hrubec,J
AU - Jeitler,M
AU - Krammer,N
AU - Krätschmer,I
AU - Liko,D
AU - Madlener,T
AU - Mikulec,I
AU - Rad,N
AU - Rohringer,H
AU - Schieck,J
AU - Schöfbeck,R
AU - Spanring,M
AU - Spitzbart,D
AU - Taurok,A
AU - Waltenberger,W
AU - Wittmann,J
AU - Wulz,CE
AU - Zarucki,M
AU - Chekhovsky,V
AU - Mossolov,V
AU - Suarez,Gonzalez J
AU - De,Wolf EA
AU - Di,Croce D
AU - Janssen,X
AU - Lauwers,J
AU - Pieters,M
AU - Van,De Klundert M
AU - Van,Haevermaet H
AU - Van,Mechelen P
AU - Van,Remortel N
AU - Abu,Zeid S
AU - Blekman,F
AU - DHondt,J
AU - De,Bruyn I
AU - De,Clercq J
AU - Deroover,K
AU - Flouris,G
AU - Lontkovskyi,D
AU - Lowette,S
AU - Marchesini,I
AU - Moortgat,S
AU - Moreels,L
AU - Python,Q
AU - Skovpen,K
AU - Tavernier,S
AU - Van,Doninck W
AU - Van,Mulders P
AU - Van,Parijs I
AU - Beghin,D
AU - Bilin,B
AU - Brun,H
AU - Clerbaux,B
AU - De,Lentdecker G
AU - Delannoy,H
AU - Dorney,B
AU - Fasanella,G
AU - Favart,L
AU - Goldouzian,R
AU - Grebenyuk,A
AU - Kalsi,AK
AU - Lenzi,T
AU - Luetic,J
AU - Postiau,N
AU - Starling,E
AU - Thomas,L
AU - Vander,Velde C
AU - Vanlaer,P
AU - Vannerom,D
AU - Wang,Q
AU - Cornelis,T
AU - Dobur,D
AU - Fagot,A
AU - Gul,M
AU - Khvastunov,I
AU - Poyraz,D
AU - Roskas,C
AU - Trocino,D
AU - Tytgat,M
AU - Verbeke,W
AU - Vermassen,B
AU - Vit,M
AU - Zaganidis,N
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.021
EP - 423
PY - 2019///
SN - 1126-6708
SP - 398
TI - Search for an exotic decay of the Higgs boson to a pair of light pseudoscalars in the final state with two muons and two b quarks in pp collisions at 13 TeV
T2 - Journal of High Energy Physics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.021
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269319303995?via%3Dihub#!
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72685
VL - 795
ER -