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Ralf Bernhard University of Freiburg For the CDF and DØ Collaborations The XLVth Rencontres de Moriond QCD La Thuile, 17. March 2010 Searches for High-Mass SM Higgs at the Tevatron

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Ralf BernhardUniversity of Freiburg

For the CDF and DØ Collaborations

The XLVth Rencontres de Moriond QCDLa Thuile, 17. March 2010

Searches for High-Mass SM Higgs at the Tevatron

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Higgs Production at the Tevatron

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For mH > 135 GeV H → WW dominant- Defines High-mass

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Higgs Decay at the Tevatron

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Backgrounds & Rates

Di-BosonWW: σ×BR = 13 pbWZ: σ×BR = 4.0 pbZZ: σ×BR = 1.5 pb

Other Backgroundsttbar: σ×BR =7 pbsingle top: σ×BR = 3 pb

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gg →H (H→WW→llνν [~6% of WW decays])σ×BR = 0.04 pb at mH = 160 GeV

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Background Rejection

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High jet multiplicity region→ veto events with b-tagged jets to reduce ttbar background

S/B ~ 1.5% after all selection cuts with ~68 signal events (CDF + DØ) @mH = 165 GeV

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Split analysis into several orthogonal channels → optimize separately

Lepton flavor: different efficiency, resolution and kinematics- DØ separate analysis into ee/µµ/eµ pairs- CDF into high and low S/B samples

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Analysis Strategies

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Analysis Strategies

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Discriminating Variables

Variables using kinematics of two leptons- Angular separation: powerful discriminant against WW→ smaller

separation angle for leptons from Higgs decay due to spin correlation- Invariant mass: effective against most of the physics backgrounds - Kinematics of individual leptons and quality information

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Discriminating Variables

Variables describing event topology- Relation between lepton and missing ET

• e.g. transverse mass (MT), angular separation, ET sum

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Matrix Element (ME) calculation ME probability discriminant Powerful discriminant (LR(WW))→

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Basic cuts on kinematic variables to reduce dominant backgrounds + multivariate analysis for maximum use of information

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Likelihood based on ME

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Multivariate Technique

S/√B ~0.6: simple counting experiment is not enough

Maximize the power of discriminating variables using combinations in Neural Networks

Trained independently for each Higgs Mass point hypothesis and orthogonal channel

Output classifier is used to extract sensitivity

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Multivariate Technique

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Additional Acceptance

Kinematic regions: high/low dilepton invariant mass (Mll) region- dedicated low (< 16 GeV) Mll

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Same Charge DiLeptons

Suppress Standard Model bkgds → true same sign from WZ and ZZ

Fake leptons from W+jet and multijet

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Systematic Uncertainties

Systematics Uncertainties for CDF and DØ- Integrated luminosity (6%) - Theoretical cross sections

(5-10%)- MC acceptance, up to 10%- LeptonID, 2-4%- Jet / missing ET modeling,

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Uncertainty on estimated signal & bkgd normalization and shape

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Results

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Each  single  experiment  not  yet  able  to  reach  SM  sensi6vity  →  Combina6on

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PRL 104, 061804 (2010)

CDF Note 9887

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Conclusions

Rapid incorporation of new data and analysis improvements - Still lots of ideas under-going to improve analyses- Sensitivity continues to improve faster than luminosity scaling

Expect soon exclusion by each experiment alone Expect increase of mass range where Tevatron has SM

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Backup starts right here….

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Combination Results

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Combined dileptonresults published

→ First joint CDF+DØ publication on SM Higgs search

Exclusion region162-166 GeV @95%CL(159-169 GeV expected)

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Progress of Higgs limits

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CDF and D0 at the Tevatron

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Tevatron: ppbar collider at √s = 1.96 TeV, performing really well

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H→WW final states

W Boson decays- BR(W→ lv) ~ 32%- BR(W→ hadrons) ~ 68%

Hadronic modes have large QCD background: not used at the moment.

Select both W Boson decaying leptonically- Easy and clean triggers on single electron or muon

• Manageable trigger cross section at hadronic colliders• Clean signature, exploiting good tracking and muon

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Partially includes τ→(e,µ) Overall BR for WW pair to di-lepton (e or µ) ~ 6%

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