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CMS-PAS-HIG-23-007
Search for anomalous Higgs boson couplings in WH νbˉb production through Vector Boson Scattering
Abstract: A study of the electroweak-induced production of a W boson and a Higgs boson is presented. The data collected by the CMS experiment in 2016-2018 from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb1. Selected events target the leptonic decay of the W boson and the decay of the Higgs boson to bˉb. In particular, beyond standard model (BSM) Higgs couplings are considered, such that the Higgs boson decay products are boosted and thus reconstructed as a single large-cone jet. Limits are set on the parameters that scale the Higgs couplings to the W and Z bosons in the κ framework. The BSM scenario where λWZ=κW/κZ= 1 is excluded at a confidence level (CL) larger than 99.99%, with an expected and observed significance beyond 5σ. The hypotheses where the κW and κZ parameters are compatible with the current measurements and have different signs are similarly excluded at a CL larger than 99.99%.
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