Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the ZH→νν¯bb¯ channel in 9.5 fb−1 of pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV
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Abstract
We present a search for the standard model Higgs boson in 9.5 fb−1 of p¯p collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The final state considered contains a pair of b jets and is characterized by an imbalance in transverse energy, as expected from p¯p → ZH → ν¯ν b¯b production. The search is also sensitive to the WH → νb¯b channel when the charged lepton is not identified. The data are found to be in good agreement with the expected background. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, we set a limit at the 95% C.L. on the cross section σ(p¯p →[Z/W]H), assuming standard model branching fractions, that is a factor of 4.3 times larger than the theoretical standard model value, while the expected factor is 3.9. The search is also used to measure a combined W Z and Z Z production cross section that is a factor of 0.94 ± 0.31 (stat) ± 0.34 (syst) times the standard model prediction of 4.4 pb, with an observed significance of 2.0 standard deviations.
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