Identification of signal events in a search for $H\to b\bar{b}$ produced in association with single top quarks

Abstract

The CMS collaboration has performed a search for an associated production of Higgs bosons and single top quarks in the $H\to b\bar{b}$ decay channel. The measurement is challenged by a complex multijet final state and an overwhelming background from top-quark pair production. These proceedings address a particular aspect of the search and describe the procedure deployed to discriminate the signal process from backgrounds.

arXiv commentPresented at 7th international workshop on top quark physics (TOP2014); 4 pages, 3 figures