Search for Higgs bosons decaying to WW in e+ e- collisions at LEP

UNSPECIFIED (2007) Search for Higgs bosons decaying to WW in e+ e- collisions at LEP. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 49 (2). pp. 439-455. ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

A search for Higgs bosons produced in association with a fermion pair, and decaying to WW, is performed with the data collected by the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 191 to 209 GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 453.2 pb-1. Thirteen exclusive selections are developed according to the different final state topologies. No statistically significant evidence for a Higgs boson decaying into a WW pair has been found. An upper limit is derived, as a function of the Higgs boson mass, on the product of the e+e-→Hff̄ cross section and the H→WW branching ratio. The data on the search for H→WW are combined with previously published ALEPH results on the search for H→γγ, to significantly extend the limits on the mass of a fermiophobic Higgs boson.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? physics and astronomy (miscellaneous)engineering (miscellaneous)qc physics ??
ID Code:
18658
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Deposited On:
29 Oct 2008 15:25
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Yes
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Published
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