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Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the Diphoton Decay Channel with 4.9 fb^(-1) of pp Collision Data at √s = 7 TeV with ATLAS

Abstract

A search for the standard model Higgs boson is performed in the diphoton decay channel. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.9  fb^(-1) collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 7  TeV. In the diphoton mass range 110–150 GeV, the largest excess with respect to the background-only hypothesis is observed at 126.5 GeV, with a local significance of 2.8 standard deviations. Taking the look-elsewhere effect into account in the range 110–150 GeV, this significance becomes 1.5 standard deviations. The standard model Higgs boson is excluded at 95% confidence level in the mass ranges of 113–115 GeV and 134.5–136 GeV.

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© 2012 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 7 February 2012; published 13 March 2012. We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; ARTEMIS and ERC, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNAS, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular, from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFNCNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.

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Funding

ANPCyT (Argentina)
YerPhl (Armenia)
ARC (Australia)
BMWF (Austria)
ANAS (Azerbaijan)
SSTC (Belarus)
CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil)
NSERC (Canada)
NRC and CFI (Canada)
CERN
CONICYT (Chile)
CAS
MOST and NSFC (China)
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
MSMT CR (Czech Republic)
MPO CR and VSC CR (Czech Republic)
DNRF (Denmark)
DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
ARTEMIS and ERC
European Union
IN2P3-CNRS (France)
CEA-DSM/IRFU (France)
GNAS (Georgia)
BMBF (Germany)
DFG (Germany)
HGF (Germany)
MPG and AvH Foundation (Germany)
GSRT (Greece)
ISF (Israel)
MINERVA (Israel)
GIF (Israel)
DIP and Benoziyo Center (Israel)
INFN (Italy)
MEXT and JSPS (Japan)
CNRST (Morocco)
FOM and NWO (The Netherlands)
RCN (Norway)
MNiSW (Poland)
GRICES and FCT (Portugal)
MERYS (MECTS) (Romania)
MES of Russia and ROSATOM
Russian Federation
JINR
MSTD (Serbia)
MSSR (Slovakia)
ARRS and MVZT (Slovenia)
DST/NRF (South Africa)
MICINN (Spain)
SRC and Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden)
SER (Switzerland)
SNSF and Cantons of Bern in Geneva (Switzerland)
NSC (Taiwan)
TAEK (Turkey)
STFC (United Kingdom)
Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF

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