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arXiv:1912.01594 (hep-ex)
[Submitted on 3 Dec 2019 (v1), last revised 9 Mar 2020 (this version, v2)]

Title:Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying to a pair of W bosons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

Authors:CMS Collaboration
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Abstract:A search for a heavy Higgs boson in the mass range from 0.2 to 3.0 TeV, decaying to a pair of W bosons, is presented. The analysis is based on proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. The W boson pair decays are reconstructed in the 2$\ell$2$\nu$ and $\ell\nu$2q final states (with $\ell =$ e or $\mu$). Both gluon fusion and vector boson fusion production of the signal are considered. Interference effects between the signal and background are also taken into account. The observed data are consistent with the standard model (SM) expectation. Combined upper limits at 95% confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction exclude a heavy Higgs boson with SM-like couplings and decays up to 1870 GeV. Exclusion limits are also set in the context of a number of two-Higgs-doublet model formulations, further reducing the allowed parameter space for SM extensions.
Comments: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at this http URL (CMS Public Pages)
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Report number: CMS-HIG-17-033, CERN-EP-2019-230
Cite as: arXiv:1912.01594 [hep-ex]
  (or arXiv:1912.01594v2 [hep-ex] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.01594
Journal reference: JHEP 03 (2020) 034
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03%282020%29034

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From: The CMS Collaboration [view email]
[v1] Tue, 3 Dec 2019 18:43:08 UTC (713 KB)
[v2] Mon, 9 Mar 2020 15:21:05 UTC (717 KB)
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