Evidence for the Dimuon Decay of the Higgs Boson in p p Collisions with the ATLAS Detector

UNSPECIFIED (2025) Evidence for the Dimuon Decay of the Higgs Boson in p p Collisions with the ATLAS Detector. Physical review letters, 135 (23): 231802. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

A search for the dimuon decay of the Higgs boson is presented based on p p collision data recorded by ATLAS during Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 165 fb − 1 at s = 13.6 TeV . To enhance the sensitivity, the results are combined with those from Run 2. An excess of events over the background is observed with a significance of 3.4 σ ( 2.5 σ expected). The best-fit signal strength is μ = 1.4 ± 0.4 . This result provides evidence for the H → μ μ decay with ATLAS data and offers a direct probe of the Higgs-boson Yukawa coupling to second-generation fermions.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical review letters
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100
Subjects:
?? physics and astronomy(all) ??
ID Code:
234490
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Deposited On:
19 Dec 2025 15:20
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
20 Dec 2025 03:10