Search For The Higgs Boson In The Zh To Uubb Channel At Cdf Using Novel Multivariate Techniques
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Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Uubb Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques
Abstract: We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson using the process ZH to uubb. We use a dataset corresponding to 9.2/fb of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions with center-of-mass energy 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron, collected with the CDF II detector. This analysis benefits from several new multivariate techniques that have not been used in previous analyses at CDF. We use a multivariate function to select muon candidates, increasing signal acceptance while simultaneously keeping fake rates small. We employ an inclusive trigger selection to further increase acceptance. To enhance signal discrimination, we utilize a multi-layer approach consisting of expert discriminants. This multi-layer discriminant method helps isolate the two main classes of background events, t-tbar and Z+jets production. It also includes a flavor separator, to distinguish light flavor jets from jets consistent with the decay of a B-hadron. With this novel multi-layer approach, we proceed to set limits on the ZH production cross section times branching ratio. For a Higgs boson with mass 115 GeV/c^2, we observe (expect) a limit of 8.0 (4.9) times the Standard Model prediction.
Search for the Higgs Boson in the $ZH\to\mu^+\mu^- B\bar{b}$ Channel at CDF Using Novel Multivariate Techniques
We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson using the process $ZH\to\mu^+\mu^- b\bar{b}$. We use a dataset corresponding to 9.2 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions with center-of-mass energy 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron, collected with the CDF II detector. This analysis benefits from several new multivariate techniques that have not been used in previous analyses at CDF. We use a multivariate function to select muon candidates, increasing signal acceptance while simultaneously keeping fake rates small. We employ an inclusive trigger selection to further increase acceptance. To enhance signal discrimination, we utilize a multi-layer approach consisting of expert discriminants. This multi-layer discriminant method helps isolate the two main classes of background events, $t\bar{t}$ and $Z$+jets production. It also includes a flavor separator, to distinguish light flavor jets from jets consistent with the decay of a $B$-hadron. Wit h this novel multi-layer approach, we proceed to set limits on the $ZH$ production cross section times branching ratio. For a Higgs boson with mass 115 GeV/$c^2$, we observe (expect) a limit of 8.0 (4.9) times the Standard Model prediction.
Search for the Higgs Boson in the ZH to Vvbb Channel at CDF Run II
Abstract: This analysis focuses on a low mass Higgs boson search with 1.7 fb^-1 of data. The focus is on Higgs events in which it is produced in association with a W or Z boson. Such events are expected to leave a distinct signature of large missing transverse energy for either a Z to vv decay or a leptonic W decay in which the lepton goes undetected, as well as jets with taggable secondary vertices from the H to bb decay. Utilizing a new track based technique for removing QCD multi-jet processes as well as a neural network discriminant, an expected limit of 8.3 times the Standard Model prediction at the 95% CL for a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c^2 is calculated, with an observed limit of 8.0*SM.