Search for a Higgs boson decaying to massive vector boson pairs at LEP

dc.creatorMans, Jeremiah
dc.date2002-04-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:35:04Z
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dc.descriptionThis dissertation presents a search for a Higgs boson decaying to massive vector boson pairs. The search is based on data collected by the L3 experiment at CERN during the 1999-2000 period. We present the details and results of analyses for six of the physical channels of hZ->WWff. The combined analyses exclude a fermiophobic Higgs decaying to massive vector boson pairs for 83.8 GeV < m_h < 104.2 GeV at a 95% confidence level with an unexcluded region between 88.8 GeV < m_h < 89.6 GeV. Monte Carlo predictions of the analyses' performance predict an exclusion range of 86.8 GeV < m_h <107.5 GeV. We also present model-independent branching ratio limits for the massive vector boson search, as well as a scan of the fermiophobic plane combining with the results of the LEP h->gamma gamma search.
dc.descriptionPhD dissertation
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0204029
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0204029
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/37219
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleSearch for a Higgs boson decaying to massive vector boson pairs at LEP
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