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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01kh04ds569
 Title: Observation of Higgs boson decay to bottom quarks Authors: Cooperstein, Stephane Advisors: Olsen, James Contributors: Physics Department Keywords: bottom quarkCMSHiggs bosonLHCobservationVH Subjects: Particle physicsPhysics Issue Date: 2019 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Abstract: The observation of the Standard Model Higgs boson decay to a bottom quark-antiquark pair is presented. The primary contribution to this result is from processes in which the Higgs boson is produced in association with a W or Z boson. The latest measurement of these processes is described, using 41.3/fb of proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energy √s = 13 TeV, collected by the CMS experiment in 2017. The significance of the observed excess in data over Standard Model backgrounds is 3.3 standard deviations. The result is combined with similar measurements performed by CMS on previous datasets, resulting in an observed significance of 5.6 standard deviations. The measured signal is well consistent with the Standard Model expectation for a Higgs boson with mass 125 GeV decaying to bottom quarks, with a precision of 20%. URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01kh04ds569 Alternate format: The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog: catalog.princeton.edu Type of Material: Academic dissertations (Ph.D.) Language: en Appears in Collections: Physics

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