Measurements of Higgs boson production cross-sections in the H → τ + τ − decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, DC, Abed Abud, A ORCID: 0000-0002-2788-3822, Abeling, K, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H et al (show 90 more authors) , Abulaiti, Y, Abusleme Hoffman, AC, Acharya, BS, Achkar, B, Adam, L, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adorni, S, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agapopoulou, C, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Aguilar-Saavedra, JA, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aizenberg, I, Akatsuka, S, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Alconada Verzini, MJ, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, A, Alfonsi, F, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, S, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alunno Camelia, E, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alviggi, MG, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Ambroz, L, Amelung, C, Amidei, D, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amoroso, S, Amos, KR, Amrouche, CS, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andari, N, Andeen, T, Anders, JK ORCID: 0000-0002-1846-0262, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Antrim, DJA, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aparisi Pozo, JA, Aparo, MA, Aperio Bella, L, Aranzabal, N, Araujo Ferraz, V and Arcangeletti, C (2022) Measurements of Higgs boson production cross-sections in the H → τ + τ − decay channel in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 (8). 175-. ISSN 1029-8479, 1029-8479

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Abstract

Measurements of the production cross-sections of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson (H) decaying into a pair of τ-leptons are presented. The measurements use data collected with the ATLAS detector from pp collisions produced at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb<sup>−1</sup>. Leptonic (τ → ℓν<inf>ℓ</inf>ν<inf>τ</inf>) and hadronic (τ → hadrons ν<inf>τ</inf>) decays of the τ-lepton are considered. All measurements account for the branching ratio of H → ττ and are performed with a requirement |y<inf>H</inf>| < 2.5, where y<inf>H</inf> is the true Higgs boson rapidity. The cross-section of the pp → H → ττ process is measured to be 2.94 ±0.21(stat)−0.32+0.37(syst) pb, in agreement with the SM prediction of 3.17 ± 0.09 pb. Inclusive cross-sections are determined separately for the four dominant production modes: 2.65 ±0.41(stat)−0.67+0.91(syst) pb for gluon-gluon fusion, 0.197 ±0.028(stat)−0.026+0.032(syst) pb for vector-boson fusion, 0.115 ±0.058(stat)−0.040+0.042(syst) pb for vector-boson associated production, and 0.033 ±0.031(stat)−0.017+0.022(syst) pb for top-quark pair associated production. Measurements in exclusive regions of the phase space, using the simplified template cross-section framework, are also performed. All results are in agreement with the SM predictions. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Higgs Physics, Tau Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2022 09:16
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2026 08:34
DOI:	10.1007/JHEP08(2022)175
Open Access URL:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3164244
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