Search for a standard model Higgs Boson in the ZH -> vvbb channel with the ATLAS Detector

Jackson, Matthew Search for a standard model Higgs Boson in the ZH -> vvbb channel with the ATLAS Detector. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

Since its discovery a large effort has been made to improve analyses and make precision measurments of the properties of the Higgs Boson. At a mass of 125 GeV Higgs to bb is the dominant decay mode. However, large QCD backgrounds mean that the gluon-gluon fusion production mode is not directly accessible at the LHC. Instead an analysis of Higgs to bb can considered where the Higgs is produced in association with a Vector Boson (W/Z). This document outlines such an analysis perfomed on the ATLAS Run I 8 TeV data with focus on one particular channel where the Higgs is produces in association with a Z Boson which subsequently decays to a pair of neutrinos.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Additional Information:	Date: 2015-08-11 (completed)
Subjects:	?? QC ??
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2016 12:04
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 01:40
DOI:	10.17638/02020439
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2020439