A study of the Higgs boson decaying into bottom quarks (H → b¯ b) and charm quarks (H → c¯ c) is performed, in the associated production channel of the Higgs boson with a W or Z boson, using 140fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 13TeV collected by the ATLAS detector. The individual production of WH and ZH with H → b¯ b is established with observed (expected) significances of 5.3 (5.5) and 4.9 (5.6) standard deviations, respectively. Differential cross-section measurements of the gauge boson transverse momentum within the simplified template cross-section framework are performed in a total of 13 kinematical f iducial regions. The search for the H → c¯ c decay yields an observed (expected) upper limit at 95% confidence level of 11.5 (10.6) times the Standard Model prediction. The results are also used to set constraints on the charm coupling modifier, resulting in |κc| < 4.2 at 95% confidence level. Combining the H → b¯ b and H → c¯ c measurements constrains the absolute value of the ratio of Higgs-charm and Higgs-bottom coupling modifiers (|κc/κb|) to be less than 3.6 at 95% confidence level.

Null, N., Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., et al. (2025). Measurements of WH and ZH production with Higgs boson decays into bottom quarks and direct constraints on the charm Yukawa coupling in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2025(4) [10.1007/jhep04(2025)075].

Measurements of WH and ZH production with Higgs boson decays into bottom quarks and direct constraints on the charm Yukawa coupling in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Aielli, G.;Camarri, P.;Cerrito, L.;De Sanctis, U.;Di Ciaccio, A.;Giuli, F.;
2025-01-01

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A study of the Higgs boson decaying into bottom quarks (H → b¯ b) and charm quarks (H → c¯ c) is performed, in the associated production channel of the Higgs boson with a W or Z boson, using 140fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 13TeV collected by the ATLAS detector. The individual production of WH and ZH with H → b¯ b is established with observed (expected) significances of 5.3 (5.5) and 4.9 (5.6) standard deviations, respectively. Differential cross-section measurements of the gauge boson transverse momentum within the simplified template cross-section framework are performed in a total of 13 kinematical f iducial regions. The search for the H → c¯ c decay yields an observed (expected) upper limit at 95% confidence level of 11.5 (10.6) times the Standard Model prediction. The results are also used to set constraints on the charm coupling modifier, resulting in |κc| < 4.2 at 95% confidence level. Combining the H → b¯ b and H → c¯ c measurements constrains the absolute value of the ratio of Higgs-charm and Higgs-bottom coupling modifiers (|κc/κb|) to be less than 3.6 at 95% confidence level.
2025
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Null, N., Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., et al. (2025). Measurements of WH and ZH production with Higgs boson decays into bottom quarks and direct constraints on the charm Yukawa coupling in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2025(4) [10.1007/jhep04(2025)075].
Null, N; Aad, G; Aakvaag, E; Abbott, B; Abdelhameed, S; Abeling, K; Abicht, Nj; Abidi, Sh; Aboelela, M; Aboulhorma, A; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abulai...espandi
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