Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to $Zh$ in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search for a heavy, CP-odd Higgs boson, $A$, decaying into a $Z$ boson and a 125 GeV Higgs boson, $h$, with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The search uses proton--proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb${}^{-1}$. Decays of CP-even $h$ bosons to $\tau \tau$ or $bb$ pairs with the $Z$ boson decaying to electron or muon pairs are considered, as well as $h\to bb$ decays with the $Z$ boson decaying to neutrinos. No evidence for the production of an $A$ boson in these channels is found and the 95% confidence level upper limits derived for $σ(gg\rightarrow A) \times \mbox{BR}(A \rightarrow Zh) \times \mbox{BR}(h \rightarrow f\bar{f})$ are 0.098--0.013 pb for $f=\tau$ and 0.57--0.014 pb for $f=b$ in a range of $m_A=$ 220--1000 GeV. The results are combined and interpreted in the context of two-Higgs doublet models.

13 pages plus author list + cover pages (30 pages total), 5 figures, 2 tables, submitted to Phys. Lett. B, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2013-06/

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