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CMS-HIG-17-011 ; CERN-EP-2017-143
Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings using production and decay information in the four-lepton final state
Phys. Lett. B 775 (2017) 1
Abstract: A search is performed for anomalous interactions of the recently discovered Higgs boson using matrix element techniques with the information from its decay to four leptons and from associated Higgs boson production with two quark jets in either vector boson fusion or associated production with a vector boson. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 38.6 fb1. These data are combined with the data collected at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5.1 and 19.7 fb1, respectively. All observations are consistent with the expectations for the standard model Higgs boson.
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Figures

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Figure 1:
Illustration of H boson production and decay in three topologies: gluon fusion ggHVV4 (left); vector boson fusion qqVV(qq)H(qq)VV(qq) (middle); and associated production qqVVH(ff)H(ff)VV (right). In the latter two cases, the production and decay HVV may be followed by the same four-lepton decay shown in the first case. The five angles shown in blue and the invariant masses of the two vector bosons shown in green fully characterize either the production or the decay chain. The angles are defined in either the H or V boson rest frames [26,33].

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Figure 1-a:
Illustration of H boson production and decay in the gluon fusion topology, ggHVV4. The five angles shown in blue and the invariant masses of the two vector bosons shown in green fully characterize either the production or the decay chain. The angles are defined in either the H or V boson rest frames [26,33].

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Figure 1-b:
Illustration of H boson production and decay in the vector boson fusion topology qqVV(qq)H(qq)VV(qq). The production and decay HVV may be followed by the same four-lepton decay shown in Fig. 1-a. The five angles shown in blue and the invariant masses of the two vector bosons shown in green fully characterize either the production or the decay chain. The angles are defined in either the H or V boson rest frames [26,33].

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Figure 1-c:
Illustration of H boson production and decay in the associated production topology qqVVH(ff)H(ff)VV. The production and decay HVV may be followed by the same four-lepton decay shown in Fig. 1-a. The five angles shown in blue and the invariant masses of the two vector bosons shown in green fully characterize either the production or the decay chain. The angles are defined in either the H or V boson rest frames [26,33].

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Figure 2:
Distributions of Dbkg (a) for all events in Run 2; D0h+ (b), DΛ1 (c) , DZγΛ1 (d), D0 (e), and DCP (h) for the untagged and 2015 events; D0 in the VBF-jet (f) and VH-jet (g) categories. The arrow in (a) indicates the requirement Dbkg>0.5, used to suppress background on all other plots. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal, as indicated in the legend in (a). The dashed lines show expectations for BSM hypotheses, as indicated in the individual legends.

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Figure 3:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa3cos(ϕa3) (a), fa2cos(ϕa2) (b), fΛ1cos(ϕΛ1) (c), and fZγΛ1cos(ϕZγΛ1) (d). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown.

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Figure 3-a:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa3cos(ϕa3). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown.

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Figure 3-b:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa2cos(ϕa2). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown.

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Figure 3-c:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fΛ1cos(ϕΛ1). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown.

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Figure 3-d:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fZγΛ1cos(ϕZγΛ1). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown.
Tables

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Table 1:
Summary of the three production categories in the analysis of 2016 data. The discriminants D are calculated from Eqs.(4) and (5), as discussed in more detail in the text. For each analysis, the appropriate BSM model is considered in the definition of the categories: fa3=1, fa2=1, fΛ1=1, or fZγΛ1=1. Three observables (abbreviated as obs.) are listed for each analysis and for each category. They are described in more detail later in the text.

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Table 2:
The numbers of events expected for the SM (or fa3=1, in parentheses) for different signal and background modes and the total observed numbers of events across the three fa3 categories in 2016 and 2015 data.

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Table 3:
Summary of allowed 68%CL (central values with uncertainties) and 95%CL (in square brackets) intervals on anomalous coupling parameters obtained from the combined Run 1 and Run 2 data analysis.
Summary
We study anomalous interactions of the H boson using novel techniques with a matrix element likelihood approach to simultaneously analyze the H4 decay and associated production with two quark jets. Three categories of events are analyzed, targeting events produced in vector boson fusion, with an associated vector boson, and in gluon fusion, respectively. The data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in Run\,2 of the LHC are combined with the Run\,1 data, collected at 7 and 8 TeV. No deviations from the standard model are observed and constraints are set on the four anomalous HVV contributions, including the CP-violation parameter fa3, summarized in Table 3.
Additional Figures

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Additional Figure 1:
Distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 (a), fa2 (b), fΛ1 (c), and fZγΛ1 (d) analyses. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 1-a:
Distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 1-b:
Distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 1-c:
Distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 1-d:
Distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2:
Distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fa3 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), D0 (b), (e), (h), and DCP (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the D0 and DCP discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. fVBFa3 and fVHa3 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fa3, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-a:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-b:
Distribution of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-c:
Distribution of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-d:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-e:
Distribution of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-f:
Distribution of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-g:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-h:
Distribution of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 2-i:
Distribution of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3:
Distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), D0h+ (b), (e), (h) and Dint (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the D0h+ and Dint discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. fVBFa2 and fVHa2 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fa2, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-a:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-b:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-c:
Distribution of the Dint kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-d:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-e:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-f:
Distribution of the Dint kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-g:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-h:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 3-i:
Distribution of the Dint kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4:
Distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fΛ1 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), DΛ1 (b), (e), (h). and D0h+ (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the DΛ1 and D0h+ discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. fVBFΛ1 and fVHΛ1 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fΛ1, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-a:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-b:
Distribution of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-c:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-d:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-e:
Distribution of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-f:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-g:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-h:
Distribution of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 4-i:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5:
Distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fZγΛ1 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), DZγΛ1 (b), (e), (h), and D0h+ (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the DZγΛ1 and D0h+ discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-a:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-b:
Distribution of the DZγΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-c:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-d:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-e:
Distribution of the DZγΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-f:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-g:
Distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-h:
Distribution of the DZγΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 5-i:
Distribution of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 6:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 (a), fa2 (b), fΛ1 (c), and fZγΛ1 (d) analyses. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fai to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fai. For each value of fai, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fai, fVBFai, and fVHai are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fVBFai and fVHai are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fai, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 12:
Summary of allowed confidence level intervals on anomalous coupling parameters in HVV interactions under the assumption that all the coupling ratios are real (ϕVVai=0 or π). The HZZ+HWW coupling limits assume that aZZi=aWWi, and the fΛQ limits assume that the Higgs boson width is 4.1MeV. The expected 68% and 95% CL regions are shown as green and yellow bands. The observed constraints at 68% and 95% CL are shown as points with errors and the excluded hatched regions. The limits on fZγ,γγa2,3 are from Ref. [13], and the limits on fΛQ are from Ref. [15].
Additional Material: Animated Distributions
Additional Figure 6: Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 (a), fa2 (b), fΛ1 (c), and fZγΛ1 (d) analyses. The distributions are summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fai to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fai. For each value of fai, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fai, fVBFai, and fVHai are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fVBFai and fVHai are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fai, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 6-a:
Animated distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis. The distribution is summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 6-b:
Animated distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis. The distribution is summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 6-c:
Animated distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis. The distribution is summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 6-d:
Animated distribution of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis. The distribution is summed over all three categories. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and SM or BSM signal as indicated in the legend.
Additional Figure 7: Animated distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fa3 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), D0 (b), (e), (h), and DCP (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the D0 and DCP discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fa3 to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fa3. For each value of fa3, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fa3, fVBFa3, and fVHa3 are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fVBFa3 and fVHa3 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fa3, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 7-a:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-b:
Animated distributions of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information usedis reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-c:
Animated distributions of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-d:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-e:
Animated distributions of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-f:
Animated distributions of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-g:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-h:
Animated distributions of the D0 kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 7-i:
Animated distributions of the DCP kinematic discriminant in the fa3 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.
Additional Figure 8: Animated distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fa2 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), D0h+ (b), (e), (h), and Dint (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the D0h+ and Dint discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fa2 to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fa2. For each value of fa2, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fa2, fVBFa2, and fVHa2 are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fVBFa2 and fVHa2 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fa2, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 8-a:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-b:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-c:
Animated distributions of the Dint kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-d:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-e:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-f:
Animated distributions of the Dint kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-g:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-h:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 8-i:
Animated distributions of the Dint kinematic discriminant in the fa2 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.
Additional Figure 9: Animated distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fΛ1 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), DΛ1 (b), (e), (h), and D0h+ (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the DΛ1 and D0h+ discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fΛ1 to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fΛ1. For each value of fΛ1, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fΛ1, fVBFΛ1, and fVHΛ1 are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fVBFΛ1 and fVHΛ1 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fΛ1, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 9-a:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-b:
Animated distributions of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-c:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-d:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-e:
Animated distributions of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-f:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-g:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-h:
Animated distributions of the DΛ1 kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 9-i:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category.The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.
Additional Figure 10: Animated distributions of kinematic discriminants in the fZγΛ1 analysis: Dbkg (a), (d), (g), DZγΛ1 (b), (e), (h), and D0h+ (c), (f), (i). The decay or production information used in the DZγΛ1 and D0h+ discriminants is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Three tagging categories are shown: VBF-jets (a)-(c), VH-jets (d)-(f), and untagged (g)-(i). Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend. The animations scan fZγΛ1 to illustrate how the expected signal distributions change as a function of fZγΛ1. For each value of fZγΛ1, the signal strengths for Higgs production through couplings to fermions μf and bosons μV are set to their best-fit values. The values of fZγΛ1, fZγ,VBFΛ1, and fZγ,VHΛ1 are recorded on the plots, along with the negative log likelihood. fZγ,VBFΛ1 and fZγ,VHΛ1 are defined using Eq.(2) by analogy with fZγΛ1, but using the cross sections for the VBF and VH processes, respectively.

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Additional Figure 10-a:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-b:
Animated distributions of the DZγΛ1s kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-c:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VBF-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-d:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-e:
Animated distributions of the DZγΛ1s kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-f:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the VH-jets tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-g:
Animated distributions of the Dbkg kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-h:
Animated distributions of the DZγΛ1s kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.

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Additional Figure 10-i:
Animated distributions of the D0h+ kinematic discriminant in the fZγΛ1 analysis, in the untagged tagging category. The decay or production information used is reflected in the superscript label and depends on the tagging category. Points with error bars show data and histograms show expectations for background and signal as indicated in the legend.
Additional Figure 11: Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa3cos(ϕa3) (a), fa2cos(ϕa2) (b), fΛ1cos(ϕΛ1) (c), and fZγΛ1cos(ϕZγΛ1) (d). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown. The marker follows the observed likelihood scan for the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analysis at the same speed as the animated discriminant distributions. The plots can be played simultaneously in order to better follow the animated distributions.

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Additional Figure 11-a:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa3cos(ϕa3). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown. The marker follows the observed likelihood scan for the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analysis at the same speed as the animated discriminant distributions.

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Additional Figure 11-b:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fa2cos(ϕa2). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown. The marker follows the observed likelihood scan for the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analysis at the same speed as the animated discriminant distributions.

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Additional Figure 11-c:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fΛ1cos(ϕΛ1). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown. The marker follows the observed likelihood scan for the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analysis at the same speed as the animated discriminant distributions.

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Additional Figure 11-d:
Observed (solid) and expected (dashed) likelihood scans of fZγΛ1cos(ϕZγΛ1). Results of the Run 2 only and the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analyses are shown. The marker follows the observed likelihood scan for the combined Run 1 and Run 2 analysis at the same speed as the animated discriminant distributions.
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