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| CMS-PAS-HIG-16-027 | ||
| Search for charged Higgs bosons in WZ decays at 13 TeV | ||
| CMS Collaboration | ||
| August 2016 | ||
| Abstract: A search for heavy charged Higgs bosons decaying into W and Z bosons in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 and 12.9 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the CMS detector during 2015 and 2016, respectively. Events are selected with three leptons, electrons and muons, two jets with large rapidity separation and high dijet mass, and moderate missing transverse energy. The observation agrees with the standard model prediction. Limits on the charged Higgs boson cross section times branching fraction are given as a function of the charged Higgs boson mass and interpreted in the context of Higgs triplet models. | ||
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These preliminary results are superseded in this paper, PRL 119 (2017) 141802. The superseded preliminary plots can be found here. |
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Figure 1:
Feynman diagram showing the production of a charged Higgs Boson via WZ fusion. |
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Figure 2-a:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2015 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 2-b:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2015 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 2-c:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2015 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 2-d:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2015 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 3-a:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2016 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 3-b:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2016 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 3-c:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2016 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 3-d:
Kinematic distributions in the background control region of 2016 data. The uncertainty band corresponds to the total statistical and systematic uncertainty. |
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Figure 4-a:
Transverse mass distributions after full selection. The background yield predictions correspond to the background only hypothesis fit result. The signal distribution is shown for $m(\mathrm{H}^+) =$ 700 GeV. |
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Figure 4-b:
Transverse mass distributions after full selection. The background yield predictions correspond to the background only hypothesis fit result. The signal distribution is shown for $m(\mathrm{H}^+) =$ 700 GeV. |
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Figure 5-a:
Expected exclusion limits at 95% confidence level for the $\sigma (\mathrm{H}^+) \times \mathcal{B}(\mathrm{H^+ \rightarrow WZ})$ assuming narrow width signal as a function of $m(\mathrm{H}^+)$ (a) and on the ratio of vacuum expectation value in the Georgi-Machacek model (b) for 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ and 12.9 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collisions at 13 TeV collected in 2015 and 2016. |
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Figure 5-b:
Expected exclusion limits at 95% confidence level for the $\sigma (\mathrm{H}^+) \times \mathcal{B}(\mathrm{H^+ \rightarrow WZ})$ assuming narrow width signal as a function of $m(\mathrm{H}^+)$ (a) and on the ratio of vacuum expectation value in the Georgi-Machacek model (b) for 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ and 12.9 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collisions at 13 TeV collected in 2015 and 2016. |
| Tables | |
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Table 1:
Relative systematic uncertainties in the estimated signal and background yields, in units of percent. |
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Table 2:
Yields of selected events in 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ of 2015 data at 13 TeV , together with the expected yields from various background processes. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown. The signal yield is shown for the ratio of vacuum expectation value of $\sin\theta =$ 1.0. |
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Table 3:
Yields of selected events in 12.9 fb$^{-1}$ of 2016 data at 13 TeV , together with the expected yields from various background processes. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown. The signal yield is shown for the ratio of vacuum expectation value of $\sin\theta =$ 1.0. |
| Summary |
| We presented a search for heavy charged Higgs bosons decaying into W and Z bosons in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 15.2 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the CMS detector in 2015 and 2016. Events are selected with three leptons, electrons and muons, two jets with large rapidity separation and high dijet mass, and moderate missing transverse energy. The observation agrees with the standard model prediction. Limits on the charged Higgs boson cross section time branching fraction are given and interpreted in the context of Higgs triplet models. |
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