Study of (W/Z)H production and Higgs boson couplings using H→ W W∗ decays with the ATLAS detector

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature 2015:8 (2015) 137

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The ATLAS collaboration, G Aad, B Abbott, J Abdallah, O Abdinov, R Aben, M Abolins, OS AbouZeid, H Abramowicz, H Abreu, R Abreu, Y Abulaiti, BS Acharya, L Adamczyk, DL Adams, J Adelman, S Adomeit, T Adye, AA Affolder, T Agatonovic-Jovin, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, SP Ahlen, F Ahmadov, G Aielli, H Akerstedt, TPA Åkesson, G Akimoto, AV Akimov, GL Alberghi, J Albert, S Albrand, MJ Alconada Verzini, M Aleksa, IN Aleksandrov, C Alexa, G Alexander, T Alexopoulos, M Alhroob, G Alimonti, L Alio, J Alison, SP Alkire, BMM Allbrooke, PP Allport, A Aloisio, A Alonso, F Alonso, C Alpigiani, A Altheimer, B Alvarez Gonzalez, D Álvarez Piqueras, MG Alviggi, BT Amadio, K Amako, Y Amaral Coutinho, C Amelung, D Amidei, SP Amor Dos Santos, A Amorim, S Amoroso, N Amram, G Amundsen, C Anastopoulos, LS Ancu, N Andari, T Andeen, CF Anders, G Anders, JK Anders, KJ Anderson, A Andreazza, V Andrei, S Angelidakis, I Angelozzi, P Anger, A Angerami, F Anghinolfi, AV Anisenkov, N Anjos, A Annovi, M Antonelli, A Antonov, J Antos, F Anulli, M Aoki, L Aperio Bella, G Arabidze, Y Arai, JP Araque, ATH Arce, FA Arduh, J-F Arguin, S Argyropoulos, M Arik, AJ Armbruster, O Arnaez, V Arnal, H Arnold, M Arratia, O Arslan, A Artamonov, G Artoni, S Asai, N Asbah, A Ashkenazi, B Åsman, L Asquith, K Assamagan, R Astalos, M Atkinson, NB Atlay, B Auerbach, K Augsten, M Aurousseau, G Avolio, B Axen, MK Ayoub, G Azuelos, MA Baak, AE Baas, C Bacci, H Bachacou, K Bachas, M Backes, M Backhaus, P Bagiacchi, P Bagnaia, Y Bai, T Bain, JT Baines, OK Baker, P Balek, T Balestri, F Balli, E Banas, Sw Banerjee, AAE Bannoura, HS Bansil, L Barak, EL Barberio, D Barberis, M Barbero, T Barillari, M Barisonzi, T Barklow, N Barlow, SL Barnes, BM Barnett, RM Barnett, Z Barnovska, A Baroncelli, G Barone, AJ Barr, F Barreiro, J Barreiro Guimarães da Costa, R Bartoldus, AE Barton, P Bartos, A Basalaev, A Bassalat, A Basye, RL Bates, SJ Batista, JR Batley, M Battaglia, M Bauce, F Bauer, HS Bawa, JB Beacham, MD Beattie, T Beau, PH Beauchemin, R Beccherle, P Bechtle, HP Beck, K Becker, M Becker, S Becker, M Beckingham, C Becot, AJ Beddall, A Beddall, VA Bednyakov, CP Bee, LJ Beemster, TA Beermann, M Begel, JK Behr, C Belanger-Champagne, WH Bell, G Bella, L Bellagamba, A Bellerive, M Bellomo, K Belotskiy, O Beltramello, O Benary, D Benchekroun, M Bender, K Bendtz, N Benekos, Y Benhammou, E Benhar Noccioli, JA Benitez Garcia, DP Benjamin, JR Bensinger, S Bentvelsen, L Beresford, M Beretta, D Berge, E Bergeaas Kuutmann, N Berger, F Berghaus, J Beringer, C Bernard, NR Bernard, C Bernius, FU Bernlochner, T Berry, P Berta, C Bertella, G Bertoli, F Bertolucci, C Bertsche, D Bertsche, MI Besana, GJ Besjes, O Bessidskaia Bylund, M Bessner, N Besson, C Betancourt, S Bethke, AJ Bevan, W Bhimji, RM Bianchi, L Bianchini, M Bianco, O Biebel, SP Bieniek, M Biglietti, J Bilbao De Mendizabal, H Bilokon, M Bindi, S Binet, A Bingul, C Bini, CW Black, JE Black, KM Black, D Blackburn, RE Blair, J-B Blanchard, JE Blanco, T Blazek, I Bloch, C 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The Type IIb SN 2011dh: Two years of observations and modelling of the lightcurves ⋆⋆⋆

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 580 (2015) a142

Authors:

M Ergon, A Jerkstrand, J Sollerman, N Elias-Rosa, C Fransson, M Fraser, A Pastorello, R Kotak, S Taubenberger, L Tomasella, S Valenti, S Benetti, G Helou, MM Kasliwal, J Maund, SJ Smartt, J Spyromilio

Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to WW∗ with the ATLAS detector

Physical Review D American Physical Society (2015)

Authors:

G Aad, B Abbott, J Abdallah, S Abdel Khalek, O Abdinov, R Aben, B Abi, M Abolins, OS Abouzeid, H Abramowicz, H Abreu, R Abreu, Y Abulaiti, BS Acharya, L Adamczyk, DL Adams, T Adye, T Agatonovic-Jovin, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, M Agustoni, SP Ahlen, H Akerstedt, TPA Åkesson, H Ji, J Jia

Abstract:

We report the observation of Higgs boson decays to WW ∗ based on an excess over background of 6.1 standard deviations in the dilepton final state, where the Standard Model expectation is 5.8 standard deviations. Evidence for the vector-boson fusion (VBF) production process is obtained with a significance of 3.2 standard deviations. The results are obtained from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 25 fb -1 from √s = 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For a Higgs boson mass of 125.36 GeV, the ratio of the measured value to the expected value of the total production cross section times branching fraction is 1.09 +0.16 -0.15 (stat) +0.17 -0.14 (syst). The corresponding ratios for the gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion production mechanisms are 1.02 ± 0.19(stat) +0.22 -0.18 (syst) and 1.27 +0.44 -0.40 (stat) +0.30 -0.21 (syst), respectively. At √s = 8 TeV, the total production cross sections are measured to be σ(gg→H→WW ∗ )=4.6±0.9(stat) +0.8 -0.7 (syst) pb and σ(VBF H → WW ∗ )=0.51 +0.17 -0.15 (stat) +0.13 -0.08 (syst)pb. The fiducial cross section is determined for the gluon-fusion process in exclusive final states with zero or one associated jet.

Counting quasar–radio source pairs to derive the millijansky radio luminosity function and clustering strength to z = 3.5

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 452:3 (2015) 2692-2699

Authors:

S Fine, T Shanks, R Johnston, Matthew Jarvis, T Mauch

Abstract:

We apply a cross-correlation technique to infer the S > 3 mJy radio luminosity function (RLF) from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) to z ∼ 3.5. We measure Σ the over density of radio sources around spectroscopically confirmed quasars. Σ is related to the space density of radio sources at the distance of the quasars and the clustering strength between the two samples, hence knowledge of one constrains the other. Under simple assumptions we find Φ ∝ (1 + z)3.7 ± 0.7 out to z ∼ 2. Above this redshift the evolution slows and we constrain the evolution exponent to <1.01 (2σ). This behaviour is almost identical to that found by previous authors for the bright end of the RLF potentially indicating that we are looking at the same population. This suggests that the NVSS is dominated by a single population; most likely radio sources associated with high-excitation cold-mode accretion. Inversely, by adopting a previously modelled RLF we can constrain the clustering of high-redshift radio sources and find a clustering strength consistent with r0 = 15.0 ± 2.5 Mpc up to z ∼ 3.5. This is inconsistent with quasars at low redshift and some measurements of the clustering of bright FR II sources. This behaviour is more consistent with the clustering of lower luminosity radio galaxies in the local Universe. Our results indicate that the high-excitation systems dominating our sample are hosted in the most massive galaxies at all redshifts sampled.

The formation history of massive cluster galaxies as revealed by CARLA

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 452:3 (2015) 2318-2336

Authors:

EA Cooke, NA Hatch, A Rettura, D Wylezalek, A Galametz, D Stern, M Brodwin, SI Muldrew, O Almaini, CJ Conselice, PR Eisenhardt, WG Hartley, Matthew Jarvis, N Seymour

Abstract:

We use a sample of 37 of the densest clusters and protoclusters across 1.3 ≤ z ≤ 3.2 from the Clusters Around Radio-Loud AGN (CARLA) survey to study the formation of massive cluster galaxies. We use optical i′-band and infrared 3.6 and 4.5 μm images to statistically select sources within these protoclusters and measure their median observed colours; 〈i′ − [3.6]〉. We find the abundance of massive galaxies within the protoclusters increases with decreasing redshift, suggesting these objects may form an evolutionary sequence, with the lower redshift clusters in the sample having similar properties to the descendants of the high-redshift protoclusters. We find that the protocluster galaxies have an approximately unevolving observed-frame i′ − [3.6] colour across the examined redshift range. We compare the evolution of the 〈i′ − [3.6]〉 colour of massive cluster galaxies with simplistic galaxy formation models. Taking the full cluster population into account, we show that the formation of stars within the majority of massive cluster galaxies occurs over at least 2 Gyr, and peaks at z ∼ 2–3. From the median i′ − [3.6] colours, we cannot determine the star formation histories of individual galaxies, but their star formation must have been rapidly terminated to produce the observed red colours. Finally, we show that massive galaxies at z > 2 must have assembled within 0.5 Gyr of them forming a significant fraction of their stars. This means that few massive galaxies in z > 2 protoclusters could have formed via dry mergers.