Search for an Invisibly Decaying Higgs Boson Produced via Vector Boson Fusion

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Physics & Astronomy
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Physics
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2016-11-29T00:00:00-08:00
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This thesis presents the first search of an invisibly decaying Higgs boson produced via Vector Boson Fusion on ATLAS. The dataset used for the analysis corresponds to 20.3fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV recorded at the Large Hadron Collider in 2011 and 2012. An upper bound limit is set at 95% confidence level on the invisible branching fraction of the Higgs Boson. A limit of 28% is observed (34% expected) and interpreted using the Higgs portal model to set a limit on the dark matter-nucleon cross section. The unique jet final state created by Vector Boson Fusion provides a stronger signal to background ratio than other invisibly decaying Higgs channels. The Vector Boson Fusion analysis presented resulted in the strongest constraint on dark matter production set by a hadron collider.

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Elliot D. Lipeles
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2015-01-01
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