Search for Higgs bosons produced via vector-boson fusion and decaying into bottom quark pairs in $\sqrt{s}=13$ $\mathrm{TeV}$ $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search for the $b\bar{b}$ decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson produced through vector-boson fusion is presented. Three mutually exclusive channels are considered: two all-hadronic channels and a photon-associated channel. Results are reported from the analysis of up to 30.6 fb${}^{-1}$ of $pp$ data at $\sqrt{s}=13$ $\mathrm{TeV}$ collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measured signal strength relative to the Standard Model prediction from the combined analysis is $2.5_{-1.3}^{+1.4}$ for inclusive Higgs boson production and $3.0_{-1.6}^{+1.7}$ for vector-boson fusion production only.

43 pages in total, author list starting page 27, 6 figures, 6 tables, published in Phys. Rev. D. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2016-30/

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