An analysis of the production of a Higgs boson (H) in association with a top quark-antiquark pair (tt¯H) or a single top quark (tH) is presented. The Higgs boson decay into a bottom quark-antiquark pair (H → bb¯) is targeted, and three different final states of the top quark decays are considered, defined by the number of leptons (electrons or muons) in the event. The analysis utilises proton-proton collision data collected at the CERN LHC with the CMS experiment at s = 13 TeV in 2016–2018, which correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The observed tt¯H production rate relative to the standard model expectation is 0.33 ± 0.26 = 0.33 ± 0.17(stat) ± 0.21(syst). Additionally, the tt¯H production rate is determined in intervals of Higgs boson transverse momentum. An upper limit at 95% confidence level is set on the tH production rate of 14.6 times the standard model prediction, with an expectation of 19.3−6.0+9.2. Finally, constraints are derived on the strength and structure of the coupling between the Higgs boson and the top quark from simultaneous extraction of the tt¯H and tH production rates, and the results are combined with those obtained in other Higgs boson decay channels.

Measurement of the $$ \textrm{t}\overline{\textrm{t}}\textrm{H} $$ and tH production rates in the H → $$ \textrm{b}\overline{\textrm{b}} $$ decay channel using proton-proton collision data at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV

Aimè, C.;Calzaferri, S.;Fiorina, D.;Montagna, P.;Riccardi, C.;Salvini, P.;Vai, I.;Vitulo, P.;Pelliccioni, M.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

An analysis of the production of a Higgs boson (H) in association with a top quark-antiquark pair (tt¯H) or a single top quark (tH) is presented. The Higgs boson decay into a bottom quark-antiquark pair (H → bb¯) is targeted, and three different final states of the top quark decays are considered, defined by the number of leptons (electrons or muons) in the event. The analysis utilises proton-proton collision data collected at the CERN LHC with the CMS experiment at s = 13 TeV in 2016–2018, which correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The observed tt¯H production rate relative to the standard model expectation is 0.33 ± 0.26 = 0.33 ± 0.17(stat) ± 0.21(syst). Additionally, the tt¯H production rate is determined in intervals of Higgs boson transverse momentum. An upper limit at 95% confidence level is set on the tH production rate of 14.6 times the standard model prediction, with an expectation of 19.3−6.0+9.2. Finally, constraints are derived on the strength and structure of the coupling between the Higgs boson and the top quark from simultaneous extraction of the tt¯H and tH production rates, and the results are combined with those obtained in other Higgs boson decay channels.
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