Search for a neutral higgs boson decaying to a W boson pair in pp? collisions at s=1.96TeV
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
8
Date Issued
2006
Author(s)
Abulencia, A. et al. (CDF Collaboration)
Abstract
We present the results of a search for standard model Higgs boson production with decay to WW*, identified through the leptonic final states e+ e- nu nu,+/-mu -/+nu nu and mu+ mu- nu nu. This search uses 360 pb -1 of data collected from pp collisions at square root of s =1.96 TeV by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). We observe no signal excess and set 95% confidence level upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio for the Higgs boson to WW* or any new scalar particle with similar decay products. These upper limits range from 5.5 to 3.2 pb for Higgs boson masses between 120 and 200 GeV/c2.
Type
journal article