Observation of an excess in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at ALEPH

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doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01269-7

A search has been performed for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the data sample collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV. An excess of 3 sigma beyond the background expectation is found, consistent with the production of the Higgs boson with a mass near 114 GeV/c(2). Much of this excess is seen in the four-jet analyses, where three high purity events are selected. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Observation of an excess in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at ALEPH / Barate, R; De Bonis, I; Decamp, D; Ghez, P; Goy, C; Jezequel, S; Lees, Jp; Martin, F; Merle, E; Minard, Mn; Pietrzyk, B; Bravo, S; Casado, Mp; Chmeissani, M; Crespo, Jm; Fernandez, E; Fernandez Bosman, M; Garrido, L; Grauges, E; Lopez, J; Martinez, M; Merino, G; Miquel, R; Mir, Lm; Pacheco, A; Paneque, D; Ruiz, H; Colaleo, A; Creanza, Donato Maria; DE FILIPPIS, Nicola; de Palma, M; Iaselli, Giuseppe; Maggi, Giorgio Pietro; Maggi, M; Nuzzo, S; Ranieri, A; Raso, G; Ruggieri, E; Selvaggi, G; Silvestris, L; Tempesta, P; Tricomi, A; Zito, G; Huang, X; Lin, J; Ouyang, Q; Wang, T; Xie, Y; Xu, R; Xue, S; Zhang, J; Zhang, L; Zhao, W; Abbaneo, D; Azzurri, P; Barklow, T; Boix, G; Buchmuller, O; Cattaneo, M; Cerutti, F; Clerbaux, B; Dissertori, G; Drevermann, H; Forty, Rw; Frank, M; Gianotti, F; Greening, Tc; Hansen, Jb; Harvey, J; Hutchcroft, De; Janot, P; Jost, B; Kado, M; Lemaitre, V; Maley, P; Mato, P; Minten, A; Moutoussi, A; Ranjard, F; Rolandi, L; Schlatter, D; Schmitt, M; Schneider, O; Spagnolo, P; Tejessy, W; Teubert, F; Tournefier, E; Valassi, A; Ward, Jj; Wright, Ae; Ajaltouni, Z; Badaud, F; Dessagne, S; Falvard, A; Fayolle, D; Gay, P; Henrard, P; Jousset, J; Michel, B; Monteil, S; Montret, Jc; Pallin, D; Pascolo, Jm; Perret, P; Podlyski, F; Hansen, Jd; Hansen, Jr; Hansen, Ph; Nilsson, Bs; Waananen, A; Daskalakis, G; Kyriakis, A; Markou, C; Simopoulou, E; Vayaki, A; Blondel, A; Brient, Jc; Machefert, F; Rouge, A; Swynghedauw, M; Tanaka, R; Videau, H; Focardi, E; Parrini, G; Zachariadou, K; Antonelli, A; Antonelli, M; Bencivenni, G; Bologna, G; Bossi, F; Campana, P; Capon, G; Chiarella, V; Laurelli, P; Mannocchi, G; Murtas, F; Murtas, Gp; Passalacqua, L; Pepe Altarelli, M; Chalmers, M; Halley, Aw; Kennedy, J; Lynch, Jg; Negus, P; O'Shea, V; Raeven, B; Smith, D; Teixeira Dias, P; Thompson, As; Cavanaugh, R; Dhamotharan, S; Geweniger, C; Hanke, P; Hepp, V; Kluge, Ee; Leibenguth, G; Putzer, A; Tittel, K; Werner, S; Wunsch, M; Beuselinck, R; Binnie, Dm; Cameron, W; Davies, G; Dornan, Pj; Girone, M; Marinelli, N; Nowell, J; Przysiezniak, H; Sedgbeer, Jk; Thompson, Jc; Thomson, E; White, R; Ghete, Vm; Girtler, P; Kneringer, E; Kuhn, D; Rudolph, G; Bouhova Thacker, E; Bowdery, Ck; Clarke, Dp; Ellis, G; Finch, Aj; Foster, F; Hughes, G; Jones, Rwl; Pearson, Mr; Robertson, Na; Smizanska, M; Giehl, I; Holldorfer, F; Jakobs, K; Kleinknecht, K; Krocker, M; Muller, As; Nurnberger, Ha; Quast, G; Renk, B; Rohne, E; Sander, Hg; Schmeling, S; Wachsmuth, H; Zeitnitz, C; Ziegler, T; Bonissent, A; Carr, J; Coyle, P; Curtil, C; Ealet, A; Fouchez, D; Leroy, O; Kachelhoffer, T; Payre, P; Rousseau, D; Tilquin, A; Aleppo, M; Gilardoni, S; Ragusa, F; David, A; Dietl, H; Ganis, G; Heister, A; Huttmann, K; Lutjens, G; Mannert, C; Manner, W; Moser, Hg; Schael, S; Settles, R; Stenzel, H; Wolf, G; Boucrot, J; Callot, O; Davier, M; Duflot, L; Grivaz, Jf; Heusse, P; Jacholkowska, A; Serin, L; Veillet, Jj; Videau, I; de Regie, Jbd; Yuan, C; Zerwas, D; Bagliesi, G; Boccali, T; Calderini, G; Ciulli, V; Foa, L; Giammanco, A; Giassi, A; Ligabue, E; Messineo, A; Palla, E; Rizzo, G; Sanguinetti, G; Sciaba, A; Sguazzoni, G; Steinberger, J; Tenchini, R; Venturi, A; Verdini, Pg; Blair, Ga; Coles, J; Cowan, G; Green, Mg; Jones, Lt; Medcalf, T; Strong, Ja; Clifft, Rw; Edgecock, Tr; Norton, Pr; Tomalin, Ir; Bloch Devaux, B; Boumediene, D; Colas, P; Fabbro, B; Lancon, E; Lemaire, Mc; Locci, E; Perez, P; Rander, J; Renardy, Jf; Rosowsky, A; Seager, P; Trabelsi, A; Tuchming, B; Vallage, B; Konstantinidis, N; Loomis, C; Litke, Am; Taylor, G; Booth, Cn; Cartwright, S; Combley, F; Hodgson, Pn; Lehto, M; Thompson, Lf; Affholderbach, K; Bohrer, A; Brandt, S; Grupen, C; Hess, J; Misiejuk, A; Prange, G; Sieler, U; Borean, C; Giannini, G; Gobbo, B; H, He; Putz, J; Rothberg, J; Wasserbaech, S; Armstrong, Sr; Cranmer, K; Elmer, P; Ferguson, Dps; Gao, Y; Gonzalez, S; Hayes, Oj; H, Hu; Jin, S; Kile, J; Mcnamara, Pa; Nielsen, J; Orejudos, W; Pan, Yb; Saadi, Y; Scott, Ij; Shao, N; von Wimmersperg Toeller, Jh; Walsh, J; Wiedenmann, W; Wu, J; Wu, Sl; Wu, X; Zobernig, G.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 495:1-2(2000), pp. 1-17. [10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01269-7]