Test of CP invariance in vector-boson fusion production of the Higgs boson using the Optimal Observable method in the ditau decay channel with the ATLAS detector
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2016
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Aad, G.
Abbott, B.
Abdinov, O.
Abdallah, J.
Abeloos, B.
Aben, R.
Abolins, M.
Aben, R.
Abolins, M.
AbouZeid, O.
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European Physical Journal C, 2016; 76(12):658-1-658-25
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G. Aad … Paul D. Jackson … Lawrence Lee-Jr … Andreas Petridis … Martin White … et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
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A test of CP invariance in Higgs boson production via vector-boson fusion using the method of the Optimal Observable is presented. The analysis exploits the decay mode of the Higgs boson into a pair of τ leptons and is based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at s√ = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Contributions from CP-violating interactions between the Higgs boson and electroweak gauge bosons are described in an effective field theory framework, in which the strength of CP violation is governed by a single parameter d~. The mean values and distributions of CP-odd observables agree with the expectation in the Standard Model and show no sign of CP violation. The CP-mixing parameter d~ is constrained to the interval (−0.11,0.05) at 68% confidence level, consistent with the Standard Model expectation of d~=0.
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© CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.