Speaker
Sara Alderweireldt
(University of Antwerp (BE))
Description
A search for a standard model Higgs boson in the vector boson fusion production mechanism with decay to bottom quarks is presented. The search analyzes two data samples of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, collected with the CMS detector during 2012, comprising of 19.8 fb^-1 (prompt) and 18.3 fb^-1 (parked). Upper limits on the product of the cross section and the branching fraction into a bottom quark pair, as well as the fitted signal strenght relative to the expectation for the standard model Higgs boson, are derived in the Higgs boson mass range from 115 to 135 GeV. In addition, the combination of this result with other CMS searches for the Higgs boson in the same decay channel is reported.
Author
Sara Alderweireldt
(University of Antwerp (BE))
