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Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Ambrogi, F.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Grossmann, J.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; König, A.; Krammer, N.; Krätschmer, I.; Liko, D.; Madlener, T.; Mikulec, I.; Pree, E.; Rad, N.; Rohringer, H.; Schieck, J.; Schöfbeck, R.; Spanring, M.; Spitzbart, D.; Waltenberger, W.; Wittmann, J.; Wulz, C.-E.; Zarucki, M.; Chekhovsky, V.; Dydyshka, Y.; Suarez Gonzalez, J.; De Wolf, E. A.; Di Croce, D.; Janssen, X.; Lauwers, J.; Van De Klundert, M.; Van Haevermaet, H.; Van Mechelen, P.; Van Remortel, N.; Abu Zeid, S.; Blekman, F.; D'Hondt, J.; De Bruyn, I.; De Clercq, J.; Deroover, K.; Flouris, G.; Lontkovskyi, D.; Lowette, S.; Moortgat, S.; Moreels, L.; Python, Q.; Skovpen, K.; Tavernier, S.; Van Doninck, W.; Van Mulders, P.; Van Parijs, I.; Beghin, D.; Brun, H.; Clerbaux, B.; De Lentdecker, G.; Delannoy, H.; Dorney, B.; Fasanella, G.; Favart, L.; Goldouzian, R.; Grebenyuk, A.; Karapostoli, G.; Lenzi, T.; Luetic, J.; Maerschalk, T.; Marinov, A.; Randle-conde, A.; Seva, T.; Starling, E.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; Vannerom, D.; Yonamine, R.; Zenoni, F.; Zhang, F.; Cimmino, A.; Cornelis, T.; Dobur, D.; Fagot, A.; Gul, M.; Khvastunov, I.; Poyraz, D.; Roskas, C.; Salva, S.; Tytgat, M.; Verbeke, W.; Zaganidis, N.; Bakhshiansohi, H.; Bondu, O. et al.
Bibliographical reference
Physical Review Letters, Volume 120, Issue 7, id.071802
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Description
An inclusive search for the standard model Higgs boson (H ) produced
with large transverse momentum (pT ) and decaying to a bottom
quark-antiquark pair (b b ¯ ) is performed using a data set of p p
collisions at √{s }=13 TeV collected with the CMS experiment at the
LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
fb-1 . A highly Lorentz-boosted Higgs boson decaying to b b
¯ is reconstructed as a single, large radius jet, and it is
identified using jet substructure and dedicated b tagging techniques.
The method is validated with Z →b b ¯ decays. The Z →b b
¯ process is observed for the first time in the single-jet topology
with a local significance of 5.1 standard deviations (5.8 expected). For
a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an excess of events above the expected
background is observed (expected) with a local significance of 1.5 (0.7)
standard deviations. The measured cross section times branching fraction
for production via gluon fusion of H →b b ¯ with reconstructed
pT>450 GeV and in the pseudorapidity range -2.5 <η
<2.5 is 74 ±48 (stat)-10+17(syst) fb ,
which is consistent within uncertainties with the standard model
prediction.