Abstract
A search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of light pseudoscalar particles a1 is performed under the hypothesis that one of the pseudoscalars decays to a pair of opposite sign muons and the other decays to bb‾. Such signatures are predicted in a number of extensions of the standard model (SM), including next-to-minimal supersymmetry and two-Higgs-doublet models with an additional scalar singlet. The results are based on a data set of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1, accumulated with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No statistically significant excess is observed with respect to the SM backgrounds in the search region for pseudoscalar masses from 20 GeV to half of the Higgs boson mass. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction, σhB(h→a1a1→μ+μ−bb‾), ranging from 5 to 33 fb, depending on the pseudoscalar mass. Corresponding limits on the branching fraction, assuming the SM prediction for σh, are (1–7)×10−4.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 398-423 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 795 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 The Author(s)
Funding
Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and Horizon 2020 Grant, contract No. 675440 (European Union); the Leventis Foundation ; the A.P. Sloan Foundation ; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office ; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the F.R.S.-FNRS and FWO (Belgium) under the “Excellence of Science – EOS” – be.h project n. 30820817 ; the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Lendület (“Momentum”) Programme and the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the New National Excellence Program ÚNKP, the NKFIA research grants 123842 , 123959 , 124845 , 124850 , and 125105 (Hungary); the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India ; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish Science , cofinanced from European Union , Regional Development Fund, the Mobility Plus programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), contracts Harmonia 2014/14/M/ST2/00428 , Opus 2014/13/B/ST2/02543 , 2014/15/B/ST2/03998 , and 2015/19/B/ST2/02861 , Sonata-bis 2012/07/E/ST2/01406 ; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund ; the Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia María de Maeztu , grant MDM-2015-0509 and the Programa Severo Ochoa del Principado de Asturias; the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University and the Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand); the Welch Foundation , contract C-1845 ; and the Weston Havens Foundation (USA). We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMBWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, FAPERGS, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MOST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, ROSATOM, RAS, RFBR, and NRC KI (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI, and FEDER (Spain); MoSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TÜBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and Horizon 2020 Grant, contract No. 675440 (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A.P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the F.R.S.-FNRS and FWO (Belgium) under the “Excellence of Science – EOS” – be.h project n. 30820817; the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Lendület (“Momentum”) Programme and the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the New National Excellence Program ÚNKP, the NKFIA research grants 123842, 123959, 124845, 124850, and 125105 (Hungary); the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund, the Mobility Plus programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), contracts Harmonia 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, Opus 2014/13/B/ST2/02543, 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, and 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, Sonata-bis 2012/07/E/ST2/01406; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund; the Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia María de Maeztu, grant MDM-2015-0509 and the Programa Severo Ochoa del Principado de Asturias; the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University and the Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand); the Welch Foundation, contract C-1845; and the Weston Havens Foundation (USA). We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMBWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq , CAPES , FAPERJ , FAPERGS , and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN ; CAS , MOST , and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER , ERC IUT , and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland , MEC , and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP , CINVESTAV , CONACYT , LNS , SEP , and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON , ROSATOM , RAS , RFBR , and NRC KI (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI , CPAN , PCTI , and FEDER (Spain); MoSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter , IPST , STAR , and NSTDA (Thailand); TÜBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
Funders | Funder number |
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Not added | ST/K003542/1, ST/M004775/1, ST/N001273/1, ST/N000242/1 |
CPAN | |
EU-ESF | |
Excellence of Science | |
MSES | |
MoER | |
PCTI | |
Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia María de Maeztu | MDM-2015-0509 |
STAR | |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | |
Welch Foundation | C-1845 |
Hispanics in Philanthropy | |
National Sleep Foundation | |
Human Growth Foundation | |
Maryland Ornithological Society | |
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | |
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS) | |
California Earthquake Authority | |
Qatar National Research Fund | |
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit | |
Center for African Studies | |
Secretaría de Educación Pública | |
Fuel Cell Technologies Office | |
University of Manitoba | |
Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu | |
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | |
H2020 European Research Council | |
Weston Havens Foundation | |
Santa Fe Institute | |
Louisiana Academy of Sciences | |
Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
CERN | |
Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics | |
Cosmetic Surgery Foundation | |
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology | |
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej | |
Mountain Equipment Co-op | |
Science and Technology Facilities Council | ST/L005603/1, GRIDPP |
Royal Astronomical Society | |
European Commission | |
European Research Council | |
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India | |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India | |
Ministry of Education - Singapore | |
Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India | |
Science Foundation Ireland | |
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
Research Promotion Foundation | |
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy | |
National Science Council | |
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej | |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
Russian Foundation for Basic Research | |
Eesti Teadusagentuur | |
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior | |
Academy of Finland | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
Austrian Science Fund | |
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS | |
Russian Academy of Sciences | |
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office | |
Chulalongkorn University | |
Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras | |
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 30820817 |
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie | |
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture | |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología | |
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte | |
General Secretariat for Research and Technology | |
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | |
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | |
National Research Foundation of Korea | |
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research | |
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia | |
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare | |
Ministry of Science ICT and Future Planning | |
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | |
A.G. Leventis Foundation | |
Instituto Politécnico de Macau | |
National Science and Technology Development Agency | |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul | |
Narodowe Centrum Nauki | 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, 2012/07/E/ST2/01406, 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, 2014/13/B/ST2/02543 |
Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación | |
Universiti Malaya | |
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu | |
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja | |
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki | |
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | |
Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment | |
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan | |
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | |
Isfahan University of Technology | |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | |
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | |
Ministry of Education and Science | |
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences | |
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | |
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen | |
Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación | |
Horizon 2020 | 675440 |
European Regional Development Fund | |
State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM | |
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission | |
State Fund for Fundamental Research of Ukraine | |
Ministry of Science,Technology and Research | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie | |
Norsk Revmatikerforbund | |
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules | |
Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap | 124845, 123842, 125105, 124850, 123959 |
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare | |
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" | |
Laboratorio Nacional de Supercómputo del Sureste de Mexico |
Keywords
- BSM Higgs physics
- CMS
- Physics