Measurement of the CP properties of Higgs boson interactions with τ-leptons with the ATLAS detector
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2023
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Aad, G.
Abbott, B.
Abbott, D.C.
Abeling, K.
Abidi, S.H.
Aboulhorma, A.
Abramowicz, H.
Abreu, H.
Abulaiti, Y.
Hoffman, A.C.A.
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European Physical Journal C, 2023; 83(7):563-1-563-30
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A study of the charge conjugation and parity (CP) properties of the interaction between the Higgs boson and τ -leptons is presented. The study is based on a measurement of CP-sensitive angular observables defined by the visible decay products of τ -leptons produced in Higgs boson decays. The analysis uses 139 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of √ s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Contributions from CP-violating interactions between the Higgs boson and τ -leptons are described by a singlemixing angle parameter φτ in the generalised Yukawa interaction. Without constraining the H → ττ signal strength to its expected value under the Standard Model hypothesis, the mixing angle φτ is measured to be 9◦±16◦, with an expected value of 0◦ ±28◦ at the 68% confidence level. The pure CPodd hypothesis is disfavoured at a level of 3.4 standard deviations. The results are compatible with the predictions for the Higgs boson in the Standard Model.
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