Bounding the Higgs width at the LHC: complementary results from $H\to WW$

Abstract

We investigate the potential of the process $gg\to H\to WW$ to provide bounds on the Higgs width. Recent studies using off-shell $H\to ZZ$ events have shown that Run 1 LHC data can constrain the Higgs width, ${\Gamma }_H<(25-45){\Gamma }_H^{\mathrm{SM}}$. Using 20 fb-1 of 8 TeV ATLAS data, we estimate a bound on the Higgs boson width from the WW channel between ${\Gamma }_H<(100-500){\Gamma }_H^{SM}$. The large spread in limits is due to the range of cuts applied in the existing experimental analysis. The stricter cuts designed to search for the on-shell Higgs boson limit the potential number of off-shell events, weakening the constraints. As some of the cuts are lifted the bounds improve. We show that there is potential in the high transverse mass region to produce upper bounds of the order of $(25-50){\Gamma }_H^{SM}$, depending strongly on the level of systematic uncertainty that can be obtained. Thus, if these systematics can be controlled, a constraint on the Higgs boson width from the $H\to WW$ decay mode can complement a corresponding limit from $H\to ZZ$.

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