Search for the Higgs boson decays to a ρ0, φ, or K*0 meson and a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

dc.contributor.authorHayrapetyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorTumasyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, W.
dc.contributor.authorAndrejkovic, J. W.
dc.contributor.authorBergauer, T.
dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, S.
dc.contributor.authorDamanakis, K.
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-25T14:19:59Z
dc.date.available2026-04-25T14:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThree rare decay processes of the Higgs boson to a rho(770)(0), phi(1020), or K-* (892)(0) meson and a photon are searched for using root s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Events are selected assuming the mesons decay into a pair of charged pions, a pair of charged kaons, or a charged kaon and pion, respectively. Depending on the Higgs boson production mode, different triggering and reconstruction techniques are adopted. The analyzed data sets correspond to integrated luminosities up to 138 fb(-1), depending on the reconstructed final state. After combining various data sets and categories, no significant excess above the background expectations is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the Higgs boson branching fractions into rho(770)(0)gamma, phi(1020)gamma, and K-*(892)(0)gamma are determined to be 3.7 x 10(-4), 3.0 x 10(-4), and 3.0 x 10(-4), respectively. In case of the rho(770)(0)gamma and phi(1020)gamma channels, these are the most stringent experimental limits to date.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139296
dc.identifier.issn0370-2693
dc.identifier.issn1873-2445
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2660-0349
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1028-3468
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0380-1172
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5490-605X
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9813-8646
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8117-5376
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5998-3070
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139296
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/8308
dc.identifier.volume862
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001493694200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics Letters B
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260420
dc.subjectCMS
dc.subjectHiggs
dc.subjectRare decays
dc.titleSearch for the Higgs boson decays to a ρ0, φ, or K*0 meson and a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
dc.typeArticle

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