Speaker
Mr
Mzwandile Thabede
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Description
The search for new heavy particles in the H→ZZ→4l decay channel represents one of the most promising searches in High Energy Physics. This study focuses on the hadronic properties of this channel which leads to the final state consisting of four isolated leptons plus at least two light flavor jets. gg→H signal and qq→ZZ background studies using High mass (m4l > 140 GeV) ATLAS Monte Carlo samples with different pile-up conditions are conducted. Comparisons of the shapes of the distributions are made between two sets of qq→ZZ background as well as two sets of gg→H (m4l = 200 GeV) signal Monte Carlo samples. Expected yields in each of the two sets of qq→ZZ background and signal efficiencies in each set of the gg→H signal Monte Carlo samples are also calculated and compared.
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Prof. Bruce Mellado.
University of the Witwatersrand.
bruce.mellado@wits.ac.za
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Primary authors
Prof.
Bruce Mellado
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Mr
Mzwandile Thabede
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Dr
Theodota Lagouri
(University of the Witwatersrand)
