Constraint on the total width of the Higgs boson from Higgs boson and four-top-quark measurements in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector



Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H
et al (show 2900 more authors) (2025) Constraint on the total width of the Higgs boson from Higgs boson and four-top-quark measurements in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B, 861. p. 139277. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

This Letter presents a constraint on the total width of the Higgs boson (Γ<inf>H</inf>) using a combined measurement of on-shell Higgs boson production and the production of four top quarks, which involves contributions from off-shell Higgs boson-mediated processes. This method relies on the assumption that the tree-level Higgs-top Yukawa coupling strength is the same for on-shell and off-shell Higgs boson production processes, thereby avoiding any assumptions about the relationship between on-shell and off-shell gluon fusion Higgs production rates, which were central to previous measurements. The result is based on up to 140 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit on Γ<inf>H</inf> is 450 MeV (75 MeV). Additionally, considering the constraint on the Higgs-top Yukawa coupling from loop-induced Higgs boson production and decay processes further yields an observed (expected) upper limit of 160 MeV (55 MeV).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Health & Life Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 19 Feb 2025 11:21
Last Modified: 23 May 2026 09:44
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139277
Open Access URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3190399
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