Speaker
Dr
Bodhitha Jayatilaka
(Duke University)
Description
We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a Z or a W boson in p-pbar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. The search is made using the latest amount of data collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We consider the scenario where the Higgs boson decays into a b-bbar pair and either the Z decays into neutrinos or the lepton originating from the W-decay escapes detection, leading to an expected signature of two b-jets, no leptons, and missing transverse energy. A data-driven model of the QCD jet background and the advanced analysis techniques used to increase the search sensitivity are also presented.
Authors
Aurelio Juste
(Fermilab)
Dr
Eric James
(Fermi National Accelerator Lab)
Horst Wahl
(Florida State University)
Stefan Soldner-Rembold
(University of Manchester)
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