Test of Invariance in Higgs Boson Vector-Boson-Fusion Production Using the Channel with the ATLAS Detector
G. Aad (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France); B. Abbott (Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA); D. C. Abbott (Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA); K. Abeling (II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany); S. H. Abidi (Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA); et al - Show all 2932 authors
A test of invariance in Higgs boson production via vector-boson fusion has been performed in the channel using of proton-proton collision data at collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The optimal observable method is used to probe the structure of interactions between the Higgs boson and electroweak gauge bosons, as described by an effective field theory. No sign of violation is observed in the data. Constraints are set on the parameters describing the strength of the -odd component in the coupling between the Higgs boson and the electroweak gauge bosons in two effective field theory bases: in the HISZ basis and in the Warsaw basis. The results presented are the most stringent constraints on violation in the coupling between Higgs and weak bosons. The 95% C.L. constraint on is derived for the first time and the 95% C.L. constraint on has been improved by a factor of 5 compared to the previous measurement.