From Higgs to Dark Matter, Geilo 2012, Dr Holms Hotel

Session

Getting most out of the Higgs measurements

18 Dec 2012, 17:30

Geilo, Dr Holms Hotel, Norway.

94. Statistical methods in Higgs to gamma gamma signal extraction and mass measurement

Prof. Alex Read (University of Oslo)

18/12/2012, 17:30

Preliminary version of material to be approved

talk

Statistical methods in Higgs to gamma gamma signal extraction and mass measurement

103. Making the most of Higgs to tautau

Prof. Bjarne Stugu (Bergen)

18/12/2012, 17:50

Preliminary version of material to be approved

talk

With a mass around 125 GeV, a handful of events are already expected to be present in the current ATLAS analysis searching for the SM higgs in the tau+tau-. Unfortunately, this channel has low mass resolution and high backgrounds, notably from Z decays, so it is difficult to establish a significant signal. In addition to reviewing the latest ATLAS results, this talk also presents some ideas...