Search for a Low-Mass Standard Model Higgs Boson in the ττ Decay Channel in pp̅ Collisions at √s=1.96  TeV

We report on a search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into pairs of τ leptons in pp̅ collisions produced by the Tevatron at √s=1.96  TeV. The analyzed data sample was recorded by the CDFII detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 6.0  fb[superscript -1]. The search is perf...

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Main Authors: Bauer, Gerry P. (Contributor), Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo (Contributor), Goncharov, Maxim (Contributor), Makhoul, Khaldoun (Contributor), Paus, Christoph M. E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-07-13T16:25:33Z.
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520 |a We report on a search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into pairs of τ leptons in pp̅ collisions produced by the Tevatron at √s=1.96  TeV. The analyzed data sample was recorded by the CDFII detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 6.0  fb[superscript -1]. The search is performed in the final state with one τ decaying leptonically and the second one identified through its semihadronic decay. Since no significant excess is observed, a 95% credibility level upper limit on the production cross section times branching ratio to the ττ final state is set for hypothetical Higgs boson masses between 100 and 150  GeV/c[superscript 2]. For a Higgs boson of 120  GeV/c[superscript 2] the observed (expected) limit is 14.6 (15.3) the predicted value. 
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