Search for Associated Production of a Higgs Boson and Two Vector Bosons via Vector-Boson Scattering at; <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline">; <mml:mrow>; <mml:msqrt>; <mml:mrow>; <mml:mi>s</mml:mi>; </mml:mrow>; </mml:msqrt>; <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>; <mml:mn>13</mml:mn>; <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext>; <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext>; <mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi>; </mml:mrow>; </mml:math> | CU Experts

; A search for Higgs boson (; ; H; ; ) production in association with two vector bosons (; ; V; =; W; ; ,; ; Z; ; ) via vector-boson scattering (VBS) is presented using proton-proton collision data collected at; ; ; s; ; =; 13; ; ; TeV; ; by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of; ; 138; ; ; ; fb; ; −; 1; ; ; ; . Events containing two forward jets consistent with VBS, a large-radius jet from the decay of a boosted; ; H; ; to a pair of; ; b; ; quarks, and zero, one, or two charged leptons coming from; ; V; ; decays are selected. The process is excluded at 95% confidence level for observed (expected) values of the; ; V; V; H; H; ; coupling modifier; ; ; κ; ; 2; V; ; ; ; outside the interval; ; 0.40; <; ; κ; ; 2; V; ; ; <; 1.60; ; (; ; 0.34; <; ; κ; ; 2; V; ; ; <; 1.66; ; ), assuming standard model values for all other couplings, thus establishing a novel probe of the; ; V; V; H; H; ; interaction. Constraints are also set on the individual; ; ; κ; ; 2; W; ; ; ; and; ; ; κ; ; 2; Z; ; ; ; coupling modifiers and on the allowed region in the; ; ; ; ; κ; ; ; 2; W; ; ; −; ; ; κ; ; ; 2; Z; ; ; ; ; plane.;

Hayrapetyan A; Makarenko V; Tumasyan A; Adam W; Benato L; Bergauer T; Dragicevic M; Giordano C; Hussain PS; Jeitler M

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