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Summary of Higgs session: Experimental part Ia Iashvili SUNY at Buffalo

TeV4LHC Workshop Fermilab, 22 October 2005. Summary of Higgs session: Experimental part Ia Iashvili SUNY at Buffalo For the Higgs Working group. Outline Tevatron Higgs searches Experience gained

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Summary of Higgs session: Experimental part Ia Iashvili SUNY at Buffalo

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  1. TeV4LHC Workshop Fermilab, 22 October 2005 Summary of Higgs session: Experimental part Ia Iashvili SUNY at Buffalo For the Higgs Working group Outline • Tevatron Higgs searches • Experience gained • What can Tevatron achieve before LHC • Example of Tevatron data being used for testing LHC predictions • Some LHC Higgs studies • Summary and outlook Only selected topics. Contributions at earlier TeV4LHC meetings won’t be covered. These will be documented in the workshop write-up.

  2. Introduction s(pp H + X) [pb] √s = 2 TeV ggH HW Hqq HZ Hbb Htt MH [GeV] H bb H  WW(*) Dominant decay modes • Goal: • Achieve above • Help to achieve this (similar sensitivity in Atlas)

  3. WHlbb searches at Tevatron • WH/ZH, Hbb is best for light Higgs search • At MH=115GeV • ZHnnbb … 15 events/fb-1 • ZHllbb … 2 events/fb-1 • WHlnbb … 14 events/fb–1 • WHlbb:high pT isolated lepton, missing ET and two b-jets Background  Should be estimated entirely from data Strong motivation for measuring top production cross section precisely! Mistagging rate estimated in data Flavor composition from MC (Alpgen) and cross checked in data Each background estimate is a miniature analysis unto itself. Techniques can be spun off to measure other physics processes.

  4. WHlbb searches at Tevatron Checking event kinematics Checking event counts B-tagging performance Check efficiency in data events vs. efficiency in simulation: need scale factor of 0.91±0.06

  5. WHlbb searches at Tevatron

  6. ZHbb searches at Tevatron b-jet Missing ET 120o 110o y x b-jet • Signal has a distinctive topology • Large missing transverse energy • two high pT b-jets • No isolated leptons • Jets are acoplanar • But diffical to trigger – no high-pT lepton in the event • trigger on missing ET and jets • Suffers from large background • “physics” backgrounds W+jets, Z+jets, top, ZZ, and WZ •  Can be estimated from MC • “instrumental” backgrounds QCD multijet events with mismeasurement of jets Estimated from data • Need to find smart variable to separate signal from background

  7. ZHbb searches at Tevatron • Control Region 2– EWK • Require min. 1 lepton • Missing ET and 2nd leading jets are not parallel • Optimized cuts are tested in this region before looking at the real data in the Signal Region • Extended Signal Region (no optimization) • Veto events with leptons • Missing ET and 2nd leading jet are not parallel • Cut optimization is performed in this region based on MC simulation before looking at the data • Control Region 1 – QCD h.f. • Veto events with identified leptons • Missing ET and 2nd leading jet are parallel • For the 120 GeV Higgs mass in ±20 GeV mass window around the expected reconstructed peak value (Dijet mass resolution is ~17 %): • SM background prediction: 4.36  1.02 events • QCD (11.4%), Top (20.5%), EWK (18.2%), Light flavor mistag(50%) • Observed: 6 events.

  8. ZHbb searches at Tevatron Instrumental bkgd from sidebands sideband signal sideband • Asym = (ET-HT)/(ET+HT) • Rtrk = |PTtrk-PT,2trk|/PTtrk Physics bkgd from MC Wjj/Wbb 32%, Zjj/Zbb 31%, Instr. 16%, Top 15%, WZ/ZZ 6%

  9. HW+W-ll searches at Tevatron • Two high pT isolated lepton and large missing ET and no hard jets • Clean and easily triggerable signature • Sensitive to tau channels with leptonic decay • One of the most promissing channels at LHC as well • Backgrounds: • WW, WZ, ZZ, DY, ttbar estimated from PYTHIA and normalized NLO cross section calculations. • W+jets(jete/m) estimated (at least partially) from data • multijets events estimated from data Efficiencies: • Lepton triggering, reconstruction and identification efficiencies all have to be determined in data and factorized in MC for signal rate estimation • Precise estimation is importrant since no “bump” can be observed from Higgs WW production is the dominant backgroundcompulsory to first measure the WW production cross-section (W+W-)=13.8 +4.3(stat)+1.2 (sys)±0.9(lumi) pb -3.8 -0.9 [PRL 94, 151801 (2005)] (DØ) (W+W-)=14.6 +5.8(stat)+1.8 (sys)±0.9(lumi) pb -5.1 -3.0 [PRL 94, 211801 (2005)] (CDF) Consistent with thepry prediction of12-13.5 pb (J.Ohnemus, J.M. Campbell, R.K.Ellis)

  10. HW+W-ll searches at Tevatron W+  e+  e- W- Exploit spin correlations • Leptons tend to be parallel -- small (ℓ, ℓ) • Neutrinos go parallel -- typically larger missing energy than WW • Small di-lepton invariant mass

  11. Tevatron SM Higgs Sensitivity: expectations two years ago Prospects updated in 2003 in the low Higgs mass region W(Z) H ln(nn,ll) bb  better detector understanding  optimization of analysis Sensitivity in the mass region above LEP limit (114.4 GeV ) starts at ~2 fb-1 With 8 fb-1: exclusion 115-135 GeV & 145-180 GeV, 5 - 3 sigma discovery/evidence @ 115 – 130 GeV Meanwhile  understanding detectors better, optimizing analysis techniques  measuring SM backgrounds (Zb, WW, Wbb) Placing first Higgs limits which can be compared to the prospects

  12. Sensitivity with existing Tevatron analyses Cross-Section times branching fraction limit as a multiple of the SM rate CDF DØ Work in progress Work in progress the “kink” at around 140 GeV goes away We should be around 6 at low masses, not around 12-20 with the current lumi (0.3 fb-1). Where can we gain ?

  13. So how do we get there? DØ • Step 1 (for early 2006) • WH/ZH: • Optimize b-tagging (Looser) • Combine single and double tag • S/sqrt(B) is 40-50% in single tag compared to double tag. Equivalent to 20% more lumi than double tag alone. • WH(e): include Phi-cracks • WH(): combine single- and +jets trigger • ZH : optimize Selection • Step 2 • WH/ZH: • include WHWWW and Z l+l- channel ! (*1.3) • use Neural Net Tagger (*1.34*1.34) • use Neural Net Selection (*1.8) • use TrackCalJets mass resolution (*1.3) • WH(e): include End-Cap calorimeter • WH(): improve QCD rejection  loosen b-tag • WH : include W   (*1.4) All these improvements will bring us to the expected level of sensitivity

  14. So how do we get there? CDF • Start with existing channels, add in ideas • with latest knowledge • of how well they work. Expect a factor of ~10 luminosity improvement per channel, and a factor of 2 from CDF+DØ Combination

  15. Expected Signal Significance CDF+DØ vs Luminosity Work in progress Work in progress per experiment per experiment mH=115 GeV assumed

  16. Improving Jet Energy Resolution Using Tracks • Idea • Reconstruct calorimeter-based jets (0.5 cone) • Use track momentum measurements to set an accurate scale for hadron response for each hadron in the jet. • Proposed in CMS • CMS Note 2004/015, O.Kodolova et al. “Jet energy correction with charged particle tracks in CMS” • Tevatron provides an excellent opportunity to test and optimize this technique on real collider data. Propagate tracks to the calorimeter surface. dca(xy) < 0.5cm, dca(z) < 1.0 cm. Classify tracks: DR(vtx)<0.5, DR(cal)<0.5 : INjet DR(vtx)<0.5, DR(cal)>0.5 : Out-of-cone For each IN-jet track: Etrkjet=Ecaljet +(1-F)Etrk For each Out-of-cone track: Etrkjet=Ecaljet +Etrk where F is a single pion calorimeter response Out-Jet In-Jet

  17. Improving Jet Energy Resolution Using Tracks 12% improvement in mass resolution. 12%  20% by optimization of the TrackCalJet algorithm Performance in Zbbbar MC events 10-20% jet resolution improvement in data at 40 GeV. Higher improvement at lower pT. In CMS MC studies: ~40% improvement at the same energies Performance in +jet data events

  18. QCD Higher Order Corrections in H + 1jet at the LHC • Low mass Higgs searches with H in association with high PT jets are crucial at the LHC • NLO QCD corrections for VBF signal and Z+jets in H+2jet analysis have been considered in the past • QCD Higher order corrections have not been evaluated within theH+1jet analysis neither for signal nor for the Z+jets background • NLO corrections are evaluated here with MCFM • Also address the impact of Z+2-3jet tree level ME on Z+jets using ALPGEN/SHERPA • QCD HO corrections are large in the region of the phase space where the signal-to-background is optimal for searches • QCD Z+1j is enhanced by a factor of 2 • Signal, H+1j is enhanced by a factor 1.75 • Need to re-optimize the analysis • Signal significance does not decrease Tag jet Not Tagged Large PTH & MHJ Tag jet

  19. Summary and outlook • Much has been learned from Tevatron Higgs searches on various challenges and issues faced at hadron collider environment • We have also learned how important current experience is • to actually achieve expected performance • Tevatron will provide important information on Higgs sector before LHC. For low mass Higgs searched Tevatron is complementary to LHC. • We are able to test LHC predictions using Tevatron data and provide important feadback • The plan is to document our experience and findings in the Workshop proceeding (beginning of next year)

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