A search for a heavy new particle Y decaying to a Standard Model Higgs boson H and another new particle X is presented. The search is performed using 139 fb−1 of p−p collision data at √s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector. The H boson is identified through its decays to bb, with the only assumption applied to X being that it decays hadronically. The X is identified through a novel anomaly detection method via the use of a Variational Recurrent Neural Network trained directly on data collected by the ATLAS detector. This effort marks the first application of a fully unsupervised machine learning method to an ATLAS analysis. An additional benchmark based on interpreting the Y → XH process in the context of a heavy vector triplet model in which the X decays to two quarks defines an additional signal region in which upper limits on the HVT process cross section are reported at 95% confidence level.

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Diese Arbeit beschreibt die Suche nach dem Higgs Boson, welches in vielen theoretischen Modellen der Teilchenphysik vorhergesagt wird. Das Higgs Boson ist die Konsequenz der spontanen Symmetriebrechung, welche den Teilchen Masse verleiht. Zur Suche werden e+e- Annihilationen bei Schwerpunktenergien bis 209 GeV analysiert, welche vom Experiment L3 am Speicherring LEP in den Jahren 1998 bis 2000 registriert wurden. Die Suche erfolgte in allen relevanten Endzustaenden, wobei der Endzustand mit vier hadronischen Jets im Detail behandelt wird. Die Daten werden mit den Erwartungen eines Signals in verschiedenen Modellen bei Beruecksichtigung der bekannten Untergrundprozesse verglichen oder es wird modellunabhaengig nach der Erzeugung skalarer Teilchen gesucht. Die Produktion von Higgs Bosonen konnte nicht nachgewiesen werde. Die Daten wurden daher benutzt, um neue Grenzen fuer Parameter der Modelle oder der Kopplungen zu setzen. Als erstes wird die Suche nach dem Higgs Boson im Standard Modell der elektroschwachen Wechselwirkung beschrieben. Die Produktion des Higgs Bosons wird bei LEP Energien ueber die Higgs-Strahlung und der Zerfall des Higgs Bosons in ein Paar von b-Quarks vorhergesagt. Die Analysen beruhen daher wesentlich auf der Erkennung von B-Hadronen. Der HZ->qqqq Endzustand wird im Detail untersucht, und die Ergebnisse werden mit den anderen Kanaelen : HZ->qqvv, HZ->qql+l- und HZ->tau+tau- qq kombiniert. Die untere Massengrenze fuer das Higgs Boson wird zu mH > 112.0 GeV auf 95% Vertrauensniveau, bestimmt. Ausserdem werden Grenzen auf die HZZ Kopplung abgeleitet. Im minimalen supersymmetrischen Modell (MSSM) werden fuenf Higgs Bosonen vorhergesagt. Zur Higgs-Strahlung kommt die Paarproduktion von Higgs Bosonen, e+e- -> hA , hinzu. Die Ergebnisse der Suche im Standard Modell werden durch die Suche in den Endzustaenden bb tau+tau- (tau+tau- bb), bbbb und hZ->AAqq ergaenzt. Im Rahmen von drei Standard-Szenarien, benannt als "mh-max", "no mixing" und "large-mu" werden untere Grenzen auf die Higgs Boson Massen von mh > 84.5 GeV und mA > 86.3 GeV fuer tan(beta) > 0.7 abgeleitet. Weiterhin werden im "mh-max" Szenario 0.55 < tan(beta) < 2.2, im "no mixing" Szenario 0.4 < tan(beta) < 4.9, und im "large-mu" Szenario 0.7 < tan(beta) < 6.2 ausgeschlossen. Eine modellunabhaengige Suche nach dem Prozess e+e- -> hZ wird fuer den vier-Jet Endzustand durchgefuehrt. In Kombination mit den Ergebnissen von den anderen Kanaelen werden Grenzen fuer die hZZ Kopplung bestimmt. Wird die hZZ Kopplung auf den Wert im Standard Modell gesetzt und der Zerfall des Higgs Bosons zu 100% in Hadronen angenommen, ergibt sich als Grenze der Higgs Boson Masse, mh > 97 GeV. Modellunabhaengige obere Grenzen fuer die hAZ Kopplung werden aus der Suche nach der Paarerzeugung von Higgs Bosonen in den Kanaelen hA->qqqq und hA->qq tau+tau- in Abhaengigkeit von den Higgs Boson Massen abgeleitet. Die Resultate aus der Kombination aller LEP Experimente werden fuer die oben genannten Analysen vorgestellt. Die Perspektiven der Higgs Boson Suche an den TEVATRON und LHC Speicherringen werden diskutiert und die Higgs Boson Physik an kuenftigen e+e- Linearbeschleunigern behandelt. Ein Linearbeschleuniger wie TESLA waere ideal fuer Untersuchungen eines leichten Higgs Bosons. Fuer ein Higgs Boson mit einer Masse zwischen 120 und 180 GeV kann mH mit einer Praezision von 40 bis 70 MeV bestimmt werden. Im gleichen Massenbereich ist die Messung des Wirkungsquerschnitts, weitgehend modellunabhaengig, mit einem relativen Fehler von 2.6 bis 3.8% moeglich. In vier-Fermion und sechs-Fermion Endzustaenden werden topologische Wirkungsquerschnitte, definiert als Produkt des totalen Wirkungsquerschnitts fuer e+e- -> HZ mit dem Verzweigungsverhaeltnis eines Zerfallskanals, untersucht. Fuer den Messfehler werden 1.1% fuer HZ->bbqq und 13% fuer HZ->W+W-l+l- bei mH = 120 GeV abgeschaetzt. Die Gesamtheit dieser und weiterer Messungen erlaubt eine genaue Bestimmung des Higgs Boson Profils und gibt Aufschluss ueber die Struktur des Higgs Sektors in der Natur. / This thesis is devoted to the search for neutral Higgs bosons predicted by various theoretical models. The Higgs boson arises as a result of spontaneous breaking of SU(2) symmetry leading to the generation of masses of fermions and weak bosons. The search is done in all experimentally related channels using the data collected at center-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV in the years 1998-2000 with the L3 detector at the Large Electron Positron collider, LEP. Here the study of the final states characterised by four jets is described in detail. For other final states the analyses are briefly reviewed and the results are reported. The data are compared with the expectation from the Standard Model background processes and with various signal hypotheses. A model independent search for neutral Higgs bosons is also performed. No evidence for the production of Higgs bosons is found. New mass limits are determined superseding previous mass limits established by L3 and other experiments. First I describe the analysis searching for the Standard Model Higgs Boson. Its production at LEP is expected mainly via the Higgs-strahlung process. In the mass range accessible at LEP the Standard Model Higgs Boson is predicted to decay dominantly into a pair of b and anti-b quarks, hence the dedicated analyses are optimised for the H->bb decay mode. The four-jet signal topology is investigated and then combined with the other search channels leading to a lower mass limit of mH > 112.0 GeV at 95% C.L.. The results of the search are also interpreted in terms of limits on the HZZ coupling. In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) the Higgs sector is extended to five physical states. The Higgs-strahlung process is complemented by the mechanism of the Higgs boson pair production e+e- -> hA. Therefore, for the interpretation of the results in the framework of the MSSM the Standard Model analyses are combined with the hA -> bb tau+tau-, hA -> bbbb and hZ->AAqq channels. Three benchmark MSSM scenarios denoted "mh-max", "no mixing" and "large-mu" are considered. Using L3 data the lower bounds on the Higgs boson masses mh > 84.5 GeV mA > 86.3 GeV are derived at 95% C.L. for tan(beta) > 0.7. For the "mh-max", "no mixing" and "large-mu" scenarios, ranges 0.55 < tan(beta) < 2.2, 0.4 < tan(beta) < 4.9 and 0.7 < tan(beta) < 6.2, respectively, are ruled out. A model independent search for the Higgs-strahlung process with subsequent decay of h into hadrons is carried out in the four-jet channel. The results of the analysis are then combined with the other channels. A limit on the hZZ coupling as a function of the Higgs boson mass is derived. The results of L3 combined search establish a 95% C.L. lower mass limit, mh > 97 GeV, for a hadronically decaying Higgs boson assuming the cross section of the Higgs-strahlung process to be equal to the value predicted by the Standard Model and the branching fraction of the Higgs boson into hadrons equal to 100%. Analyses are developed to search exclusively for the hA -> bbbb, hA -> qqqq, hA -> bb tau+tau- and hA -> qq tau+tau- final states. Results of these analyses are translated into a 95% C.L. upper limit on the hAZ coupling as a function of Higgs boson masses. Searches for neutral Higgs bosons carried out by the L3 collaboration are combined with searches performed in other LEP experiments. The results of this combination are reported. The perspectives of Higgs boson searches at TEVATRON and LHC are briefly reviewed. The prospects of Higgs physics at a future linear e+e- collider are discussed. The potential of the TESLA detector foreseen at the TESLA linear collider for the determination of Higgs boson properties is studied. The Higgs boson masses 120, 150 and 180 GeV are considered. It is shown that a precision of 40 - 70 MeV in the measurement of the Higgs boson mass can be achieved. A model independent method to measure the e+e- -> HZ cross section is proposed. The method is based on the study of the inclusive HZ -> X e+e- and X mu+mu- channels. The relative error in the determination of the cross section varies between 2.6% and 3.8% for Higgs boson mass ranging from 120 GeV to 180 GeV. For the four-fermion and six-fermion final states arising from the Higgs-strahlung process the accuracy of the measurement of a topological cross section, defined as the product of the Higgs-strahlung cross section and the branching fraction of the specific final state, is investigated. The relative uncertainty of this measurement varies from 1.1% and 13%, depending on final state and Higgs boson mass. These and other measurements will allow to determine the profile of the Higgs boson and give insight into the structure of the Higgs sector in nature.

Orientador: Julio Marny Hoff da Silva / Banca: Marcelo B. Hott / Banca: Humberto B. Junior / Resumo: Nesta dissertação estudamos soluções do tipo vórtices, devido a quebra espontânea da simetria, no modelo de Higgs abeliano local e semilocal, modelo de Higgs semilocal com termo de quebra de Lorentz e Chern-Simons semilocal. Fazendo uso do método de Bogomol.nyi para saturar a energia e usando condições de contorno apropriadas, encontramos vórtices de energia .nita. Para garantir a estabilidade destas soluções precisamos introduzir o conceito de Topolo- gia. Associado àquele conceito vamos estudar a variedade do vácuo, devido a quebra espontânea da simetria em cada modelo que estudamos. Vamos a fazer uso do limite de Bradlow, com a .nalidade de ter uma expressão para a vorticidade e saber como ela pode estar limitada em uma determinada área. Para entendermos como a variedade do vácuo está associada com o grupo de simetria do modelo, é que abordamos o modelo de cordas semilocais. Na análise do modelo com quebras de Lorentz, estudamos um termo que está relacionado com o fenômeno de não birrefringência no setor de gauge do Modelo Padrão Estendido. Aqui encontramos que as soluções dos vórtices e a vorticidade são controladas pelo termo violador de simetria Lorentz. Por .m vamos estudar vórtices carregados no modelo de Higgs abeliano, o qual corresponde ao modelo de Chern-Simons / Abstract: In this thesis we study vortex solutions, because of spontaneous symmetry breaking, abelian Higgs model in local and semilocal, Higgs model with semilocal term break Lorentz and Chern- Simons semilocal. Making use of the method Bogomol.nyi to saturate the energy and using appropriate boundary conditions, we .nd .nite energy vortices. To ensure the stability of the solutions we must to introduce the concept of Topology. Associated with that concept we study the variety of vacuum due to spontaneous broken symmetry in each studied model. Let us to make use of limit Bradlow, in order to have an expression for the vorticity and how it may be limited in a certain area. To understand how a variety of vacuum is associated with the symmetry group of the model, the model approach is that semilocal strings. The analysis of the model with breaks Lorentz studied a term that is related to the phe- nomenon of birefringence in sector of gauge of the Standard Model extended. Here we .nd that the solutions of the vortices and vorticity are controlled by the violator term of Lorentz symmetry. Finally we will study charged vortices in abelian Higgs model, which corresponds to the Chern-Simons model / Mestre

After a long history of searches, a Higgs boson H was discovered by the ATLAS and the CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012. Its properties fit well the ones predicted by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. However, the SM can not explain other established properties of Nature, such as the existence of Dark Matter. For this reason, models beyond the SM should be considered. Such models often predict the existence of several Higgs bosons and this thesis explores some of those models. In particular, the possibility to discover a charged Higgs boson, which would be a clear sign of physics beyond the SM, is studied. A commonly studied extension of the SM is the framework of two-Higgs-doublet models (2HDMs), where there are five Higgs bosons. By confronting the parameter spaces of some 2HDMs with publically available data from the LHC, the prospects for finding the 2HDM Higgs bosons is presented through the calculation of production cross sections and decay branching ratios in various channels. A new kind of 2HDM, called the Stealth Doublet Model is presented and the properties of the Higgs bosons are studied. In this model, it is shown that in particular the properties of the charged Higgs boson H± have new features not exhibited in earlier studied models. Within the parameter space compatible with the LHC results, the production cross section for H± can be sizeable enough to be experimentally observed. Finally, the discovery prospects at the LHC, for a H± in the pp → tH± process, with the decays H± → HW± and H → bb, is studied in various models beyond the Standard Model. It is shown that for the supersymmetric models, this channel is beyond the discovery reach of the LHC. In some of the other studied models, in particular the Aligned 2HDM, the situation is improved and the channel is feasible.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-04-29Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:03:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 sanchezvega_bl_dr_ift.pdf: 617259 bytes, checksum: af2a12ec5a0dfc67abebc7c87568c022 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nesta tese, partículas tais como áxions, Májorons e neutrinos são consideradas em duas extensões eletrofracas do modelo padrão da física de partículas. Especificamente, os modelos considerados estão baseados nas simetrias de gauge SU(3)L ⊗ U(1)X eSU(2)L ⊗U(1)Y⊗U(1)B−L. Primeiramente, no contexto do modelo 3-3-1 com um sector escalar mínimo é realizado um estudo detalhado referente à implementção da simetria de Peccei-Quinn (PQ) para resolver o problema CP forte. Para a versão original do modelo, que possui apenas dois tripletos escalares, é mostrado que a Lagrangiana total é invariante sobre uma simetria PQ. No entanto, o áxion não é produzido porque um sub-grupo permanece sem quebrar. Embora, neste caso, o problema CP forte possa ser resolvido, a solução é amplamente desfavorecida porque três quarks não têm massa em todas as ordens da teoria de perturbação. A adição de um terceiro tripleto escalar resolve o problema dos quarks sem massa, mas o áxion que aparece é visível. Para fazer o modelo realístico teremos que modificá-lo. É mostrado que a adição de um singleto escalar junto com uma simetria de gauge discreta ZN é capaz de levar a cabo esta tarefa e proteger o áxion de efeitos da gravidade quântica. Para ter segurançaa que a simetria de gauge discreta que protege o áxion é livre de anomalias, é usada uma versão discreta do mecanismo de Green-Schwarz. A seguir, é considerado um modelo eletrofraco baseado na simetria de gauge SU(2)L ⊗U(1)Y⊗U(1)B−L, no qual temos neutrinos de mão direita com números quânticos exóticos e diferentes. Devido a esta particular caraterística, é possível termos de massa e de Yukawa para os neutrinos, com campos escalares que podem adquirir valores esperados do vácuo (VEVs) pertencendo a escalas de energia... / In this doctoral thesis axions, Majorons and neutrinos are considered into different electro weak extensions of the standar dmodel of the particle physics. Specifically, the two models considered are based on theSU(3)L ⊗U(1)X andSU(2)L⊗U(1)Y⊗ U(1)B−Lgaugesymmetries. Firstly, in the framework of a 3-3-1 model with a minimal scalar sector a detailed study concerning the implementation of the PQ symmetry in order to solve the strong CP problem is made. For the original version of the model, with only two scalar triplets, it is shown that the entire Lagrangian is invariant under a PQ-like symmetry but no axion is produced since aU(1) subgroup remains unbroken. Although in this case the strong CP problem can still be solved, the solution is largely disfavored since three quark states are left massless to all orders in perturbation theory. The addition of a third scalar triplet removes the massless quark states but the resulting axion is visible. In order to become realistic the model must be extended to account for massive quarks and invisible axion. It is shown that the addition of a scalar singlet together with aZN discrete gauge symmetry can successfully accomplish these tasks and protect the axion field against quantum gravitational effects. To make sure that the protecting discrete gauge symmetry is anomaly free, a discrete version of th eGreen-Schwarz mechanism is used. Secondly, an electroweak model based on the gauge symmetrySU(2)L ⊗U(1)Y⊗ U(1)B−L which has right-handed neutrinos with different quantum numbers is considered. Because of this particular feature it is possible to write Yukawa terms, and neutrino mass terms, with scalar fields that can develop VEVs belonging to different energy scales. A detailed study of the scalar and the Yukawa neutrino sectors is made to show that this model is compatible with... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-02-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:57:12Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 villalobos_chc_me_guara.pdf: 470671 bytes, checksum: 28868b4ab81330e7a5d7833959390d93 (MD5) / Nesta dissertação estudamos soluções do tipo vórtices, devido a quebra espontânea da simetria, no modelo de Higgs abeliano local e semilocal, modelo de Higgs semilocal com termo de quebra de Lorentz e Chern-Simons semilocal. Fazendo uso do método de Bogomol.nyi para saturar a energia e usando condições de contorno apropriadas, encontramos vórtices de energia .nita. Para garantir a estabilidade destas soluções precisamos introduzir o conceito de Topolo- gia. Associado àquele conceito vamos estudar a variedade do vácuo, devido a quebra espontânea da simetria em cada modelo que estudamos. Vamos a fazer uso do limite de Bradlow, com a .nalidade de ter uma expressão para a vorticidade e saber como ela pode estar limitada em uma determinada área. Para entendermos como a variedade do vácuo está associada com o grupo de simetria do modelo, é que abordamos o modelo de cordas semilocais. Na análise do modelo com quebras de Lorentz, estudamos um termo que está relacionado com o fenômeno de não birrefringência no setor de gauge do Modelo Padrão Estendido. Aqui encontramos que as soluções dos vórtices e a vorticidade são controladas pelo termo violador de simetria Lorentz. Por .m vamos estudar vórtices carregados no modelo de Higgs abeliano, o qual corresponde ao modelo de Chern-Simons / In this thesis we study vortex solutions, because of spontaneous symmetry breaking, abelian Higgs model in local and semilocal, Higgs model with semilocal term break Lorentz and Chern- Simons semilocal. Making use of the method Bogomol.nyi to saturate the energy and using appropriate boundary conditions, we .nd .nite energy vortices. To ensure the stability of the solutions we must to introduce the concept of Topology. Associated with that concept we study the variety of vacuum due to spontaneous broken symmetry in each studied model. Let us to make use of limit Bradlow, in order to have an expression for the vorticity and how it may be limited in a certain area. To understand how a variety of vacuum is associated with the symmetry group of the model, the model approach is that semilocal strings. The analysis of the model with breaks Lorentz studied a term that is related to the phe- nomenon of birefringence in sector of gauge of the Standard Model extended. Here we .nd that the solutions of the vortices and vorticity are controlled by the violator term of Lorentz symmetry. Finally we will study charged vortices in abelian Higgs model, which corresponds to the Chern-Simons model

Une particule compatible avec le boson de Higgs du modèle standard de la physique des particules a été découverte au grand collisionneur de hadrons (LHC) en juillet 2012 par les expériences Atlas et CMS. A ce jour, l'ensemble des mesures des couplages de ce boson de Higgs sont compatibles avec ceux prédits par le modèle standard. Toutefois le modèle standard possède des limitations et d'autres théories, telles la supersymétrie, ont été bâties afin de pallier à ces manques. Certaines de ces théories prédisent en particulier un secteur scalaire enrichi avec la présence de bosons de Higgs additionnels.D'un point de vue expérimental, le canal de désintégration du boson de Higgs en deux photons offre une signature claire et permet d'explorer le secteur de Higgs avec une grande précision. Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse ont été effectués dans le cadre de l'expérience CMS au LHC.La première partie est dédiée à l'étude de la reconstruction expérimentale des photons. Tout d'abord, une méthode de correction en énergie des photons est exposée. Puis des prospectives concernant l'évolution de la qualité de leur reconstruction avec le vieillissement du détecteur sont présentées.La deuxième partie fait l'objet de la recherche d'un second boson de Higgs de basse masse(en dessous de 110 GeV) dans le canal di-photon. Les résultats complets obtenus avec le jeu de données collecté en 2012, ayant fait l'objet d'une publication officielle, sont tout d'abord présentés. Les premiers résultats obtenus avec le jeu de données collecté en 2015 sont enfin introduits / A particle compatible with the Standard Model Higgs boson has been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in July 2012 by Atlas and CMS experiments. All the couplings measurements are so far compatible with those predicted by the Standard Model. However, this model is not able to address several fundamental physics issues and theories beyond the Standard Model, such as supersymmetry, have been proposed to address these questions. Some of them predict an extended Higgs sector with additional scalar or pseudoscalars at low mass.On the experimental point of view, the diphoton decay channel provides a clear signature and allows us to explore the Higgs sector with high precision.The studies presented in this thesis have been performed using the data collected by CMS at the LHC.The first part of the document is dedicated to photon reconstruction studies. First, a photon energy correction method is presented. Then, photon reconstruction performance is assessed in the context of the Phase I and Phase II detector upgrades, in high luminosity conditions.The second part of the document is dedicated to the search for an additional light Higgs boson (with a mass below 110 GeV) in the diphoton channel. First, the official results corresponding to the full 2012 dataset are exposed. Finally, results corresponding to 2015 data are presented