Search for the Higgs boson in the t th production mode using the ATLAS detector

Similar documents
Search for tt(h bb) using the ATLAS detector at 8 TeV

Measurements of Fermionic Couplings of the Standard Model Higgs Boson using the bb, ττ and µµ Decay Channels with the ATLAS Detector

Evidence for tth production at ATLAS

Identification of the Higgs boson produced in association with top quark pairs in proton-proton

[ ] Search for tth and th production (not including H bb) at the LHC. !!!!! Top2015 Ischia. Josh McFayden

Top Quark Production at the LHC. Masato Aoki (Nagoya University, Japan) For the ATLAS, CMS Collaborations

Bill Murray Warwick University / RAL, STFC On behalf of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations 26th March 2017

Physics at Tevatron. Koji Sato KEK Theory Meeting 2005 Particle Physics Phenomenology March 3, Contents

Higgs Boson Searches at ATLAS

Recent ATLAS measurements in Higgs to diboson channels

The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment. Conference Report. Mailing address: CMS CERN, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, Switzerland

Searching for the Higgs at the Tevatron

Inclusive top pair production at Tevatron and LHC in electron/muon final states

PoS(CKM2016)117. Recent inclusive tt cross section measurements. Aruna Kumar Nayak

Higgs search in WW * and ZZ *

The Higgs boson discovery. Kern-und Teilchenphysik II Prof. Nicola Serra Dr. Annapaola de Cosa Dr. Marcin Chrzaszcz

t th production at the LHC

Review of Standard Model Higgs results at the ATLAS experiment

tth searches at ATLAS and CMS Thomas CALVET for the ATLAS and CMS collaborations Stony Brook University Apr 11 th, 2018

Search for the Standard Model Higgs in WW (lν)(lν)

Searches for New Phenomena in Events with Multiple Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

Georges Aad For the ATLAS and CMS Collaboration CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France

Search for Higgs Bosons produced in associa3on with top quarks with the ATLAS detector

PoS(EPS-HEP 2013)215. WW, WZ, and ZZ production at CMS. Jordi DUARTE CAMPDERROS (on behalf of CMS collaboration)

Latest results on the SM Higgs boson in the WW decay channel using the ATLAS detector ATLAS-CONF

Observation of the Higgs boson production in association with top quarks

PoS(EPS-HEP2011)250. Search for Higgs to WW (lνlν, lνqq) with the ATLAS Detector. Jonas Strandberg

D0 Higgs Results and Tevatron Higgs Combination

Evidence for Higgs Boson Decays to a Pair of τ-leptons

Latest results on the SM Higgs boson in the WW decay channel using the ATLAS detector

Highlights of top quark measurements in hadronic final states at ATLAS

arxiv: v1 [hep-ex] 8 Jan 2018

Top properties and ttv LHC

Study of Higgs boson production in the WW decay channel at the LHC

Searches for new physics at ATLAS using pair production of Higgs bosons. Jahred Adelman

Measurement of EW production! of Z+2j at the LHC

Higgs couplings and mass measurements with ATLAS. Krisztian Peters CERN On behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration

Title Text. ATLAS Higgs Boson Discovery Potential

W/Z + jets and W/Z + heavy flavor production at the LHC

ATLAS Di-fermion Results. Koji Nakamura (KEK) on behalf of ATLAS Collaboration

ATLAS Discovery Potential of the Standard Model Higgs Boson

Search for the Higgs boson in fermionic channels using the CMS detector

Constraints on the Higgs Width

Higgs-related SM Measurements at ATLAS

SUSY Phenomenology & Experimental searches

The Tevatron s Search for High Mass Higgs Bosons

Physics at Hadron Colliders

HIGGS STUDIES IN ATLAS AND CMS

Status of ATLAS Higgs Search

Highlights of top-quark measurements in hadronic nal states at ATLAS

Higgs Boson at the CMS experiment

Top quark mass at ATLAS and CMS

Un-ki Yang. Seoul National University. WIN 2015, June 8-13, 2015, MPIK Heidelberg, On behalf of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations

Mono-X, Associate Production, and Dijet searches at the LHC

Top production measurements using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying to b quark with CMS experiment

Top quark pair cross section measurements at the Tevatron experiments and ATLAS. Flera Rizatdinova (Oklahoma State University)

Review of Higgs results at LHC (ATLAS and CMS results)

QCD Multijet Background and Systematic Uncertainties in Top Physics

Searching for Beyond Standard Model Physics with Top Quarks at the ATLAS Detector

Search for Invisible Decay of Higgs boson at LHC

Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model with the ATLAS Detector

Combination of Higgs boson searches at ATLAS

How to find a Higgs boson. Jonathan Hays QMUL 12 th October 2012

Searches for electroweak production of supersymmetric gauginos and sleptons with the ATLAS detector

Dark matter searches and prospects at the ATLAS experiment

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in H WW lν lν with the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS NOTE ATLAS-CONF th March 2015

Search for Dark Matter in the mono-x* final states with ATLAS

Search for the High-Mass Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector

Top production at the Tevatron

Perspectives of Higgs measurements at High-Luminosity LHC

Latest results on top production from the CMS and ATLAS collaborations: inclusive and differential measurements

Discovery potential of the SM Higgs with ATLAS

Search for a new spin-zero resonance in diboson channels at 13 TeV with the CMS experiment

Z boson studies at the ATLAS experiment at CERN. Giacomo Artoni Ph.D Thesis Project June 6, 2011

The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment. Conference Report. Mailing address: CMS CERN, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, Switzerland

Dmitri Sidorov Oklahoma State University On behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration DIS2014, 04/28/2014

Higgs boson measurements at ATLAS

Single top quark production at CDF

Search for Standard Model Scalar Boson Decaying to Fermions at the LHC

PoS(CORFU2016)060. First Results on Higgs to WW at s=13 TeV with CMS detector

Top Quark Physics at the LHC

Multi-Boson Interactions CMS HL-LHC Multi-boson Physics Prospect

Search for a heavy scalar boson decaying into a pair of Z bosons in the 2l2ν final state in CMS

Searches for dark matter at CMS and ATLAS

Searching for additional Higgs bosons at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment. Conference Report. Mailing address: CMS CERN, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, Switzerland

Combined Higgs Results

Search for BSM Higgs bosons in fermion decay modes with ATLAS

CDF top quark " $ )(! # % & '

Inclusive. W & Z measurements in CMS. Georgios Daskalakis. on behalf of CMS Collaboration. .C.S.R. Demokritos

Differential Top Cross-section Measurements

Search for a Standard Model Higgs boson in the H ZZ ( ) * decay channel with the ATLAS Experiment at CERN

arxiv: v1 [hep-ex] 12 Oct 2018

Overview of the Higgs boson property studies at the LHC

Preparations for SUSY searches at the LHC

Higgs Property Measurement with ATLAS

in Section The H ZZ 4l channel

Recent Results on Top Physics at CMS

Transcription:

Search for the Higgs boson in the t th production mode using the ATLAS detector Rustem Ospanov (University of Pennsylvania) on behalf of the ATLAS collaboration Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference, June 2nd, 2014 1 / 18

Introduction Higgs boson with m 125 GeV discovered via γγ, ZZ, WW decays Higgs boson Yukawa couplings probe flavor structure of the SM Higgs Yukawa couplings accessible at LHC: τ, µ, b and top quark Strong evidence for H ττ: 4.1σ for ATLAS and 3.2σ for CMS Figure by Hitoshi Murayama Evidently the Higgs system knows something that we do not know: the difference between the generations - Martinus Veltman. 2 / 18

Higgs-top quark coupling t th coupling Drives SM properties at high energy scale Indirect measurement via gluon fusion production Direct measurement via t th production t th production: σ(t th) 130 fb for m H = 125 GeV at s = 8 TeV 2600 events with 20.3 fb 1 Main background is t t + jets with σ 250 pb Decay modes: B(H b b) = 8 - dominant mode B(H γγ) = 2.3 3 - clean resonance signature B(H WW, ZZ, ττ) 0.3 - multi-lepton final states 3 / 18

t th t t + b b analysis strategy Tag tt decay by 1-lepton and 2-lepton Categorize by number jets and b-jets Increase sensitivity with different S/B Constrain systematic uncertainty by fitting regions with low S/B t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 1-lepton: t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 1 electron or muon 4 jets 2 b-jets 2-lepton: t th 4 jets 4 b-jets 2 electron or muon 2 jets 2 b-jets t th signal > 90% 4 / 18

t th t t + b b analysis strategy Tag tt decay by 1-lepton and 2-lepton Categorize by number jets and b-jets Increase sensitivity with different S/B Constrain systematic uncertainty by fitting regions with low S/B 1-lepton: t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 1 electron or muon 4 jets 2-lepton: 2 b-jets t th 4 jets 4 b-jets 2 electron or muon 2 jets 2 b-jets 1-lepton ATLAS Preliminary Simulation s L dt = 20.3 fb m H = 125 GeV B S / B S / B S / = 8 TeV, 1.0 4 j, 2 b S/B < 0.1% 0.0 1.0 5 j, 2 b S/B = 0.1% 0.0 1.0 0.0 6 j, 2 b S/B = 0.2% B S / B S / B S / 1.0 4 j, 3 b S/B = 0.2% 0.0 1.0 5 j, 3 b S/B = 0.4% 0.0 1.0 0.0 6 j, 3 b S/B = 0.9% S/ B for control regions S/ B for signal regions B S / B S / B S / Single lepton 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 4 j, 4 b S/B = 1.3% 5 j, 4 b S/B = 2.3% 6 j, 4 b S/B = 3.8% 5 / 18

t th t t + b b analysis strategy Tag tt decay by 1-lepton and 2-lepton Categorize by number jets and b-jets Increase sensitivity with different S/B Constrain systematic uncertainty by fitting regions with low S/B 1-lepton: t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 1 electron or muon 4 jets 2-lepton: 2 b-jets t th 4 jets 4 b-jets 2 electron or muon 2 jets 2 b-jets 2-lepton ATLAS Preliminary Simulation s L dt = 20.3 fb m H = 125 GeV B S / B S / B S / = 8 TeV, 0.6 2 j, 2 b S/B < 0.1% 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 3 j, 2 b S/B = 0.1% 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 4 j, 2 b S/B = 0.3% 0.4 0.2 0.0 B S / B S / 0.6 3 j, 3 b S/B = 0.7% 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 4 j, 3 b S/B = 1.8% 0.4 0.2 0.0 S/ B for control regions S/ B for signal regions B S / 0.2 0.0 Dilepton 0.6 4 j, 4 b S/B = 6.8% 0.4 6 / 18

t th t t + b b: backgrounds t t + jets Dominant background +5% 6% uncertainty Modeled with Powheg+Pythia Difference between Powheg and Madgraph is taken as uncertainty and pt t are re-weighted to unfolded 7 TeV data p tt T tt + b b same final state as signal Other backgrounds: t tw /Z - Madgraph+Pythia W/Z+jets - Alpgen+Pythia Diboson - Alpgen+Herwig QCD multi-jet - data-driven 1-lepton background composition 4 j, 2 b 4 j, 3 b 4 j, 4 b ATLAS Preliminary Simulation = 125 GeV m H s = 8 TeV 5 j, 2 b 5 j, 3 b tt+light 5 j, 4 b tt+cc tt+bb tt+v W+jets Z+jets Diboson Single top Multijet 6 j, 2 b 6 j, 3 b 6 j, 4 b Single lepton 7 / 18

t th t t + b b: backgrounds t t + jets Dominant background +5% 6% uncertainty Modeled with Powheg+Pythia Difference between Powheg and Madgraph is taken as uncertainty and pt t are re-weighted to unfolded 7 TeV data p tt T tt + b b same final state as signal Other backgrounds: t tw /Z - Madgraph+Pythia W/Z+jets - Alpgen+Pythia Diboson - Alpgen+Herwig QCD multi-jet - data-driven 1-lepton yields - post-fit 5 jets, 6 jets, 6 jets, 4 b-tags 3 b-tags 4 b-tags t th (125) 11 ± 1 ± 9 69 ± 3 ± 57 28 ± 2 ± 23 t t+ light 78 ± 9 2380 ± 130 78 ± 11 t t + c c 45 ± 12 750 ± 190 75 ± 19 t t + b b 149 ± 20 1160 ± 170 300 ± 40 t t + V 3.3 ± 1.0 44 ± 13 8.9 ± 2.7 non-t t 23.2 ± 2.5 218 ± 23 18.8 ± 2.2 Total 309 ± 11 4620 ± 80 507 ± 27 Data 283 4671 516 8 / 18

t th t t + b b: multi-variate discriminant inputs Event shape variables: event centrality,... Object pair properties: m min R b b,... Object kinematics: p jet5 T,... Event kinematics: HT had, N pt >40 GeV,... Modeling of variables and correlations checked in signal depleted regions 1-lepton centrality= p T / E 2-lepton m min R b b Arbitrary units s = 8 TeV 0.25 Total background Single lepton 6 j, 4 b tth (m = 125 GeV) H 0.2 ATLAS Preliminary Simulation Arbitrary units 0.6 ATLAS Preliminary Simulation s Dilepton = 8 TeV 4 j, 4 b Total background tth (m H = 125 GeV) 0.4 0.15 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.05 0.1 0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0 50 0 150 200 250 300 350 Centrality m bb 9 / 18

t th t t + b b: multi-variate discriminant output Neural Network trained in each signal region Select highest rank variables with NeuroBayes Use all MC events - weight light jets with b-jet mistag rate maps 1-lepton t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 2-lepton t th 4 jets 4 b-jets Events / 0.1 0 80 60 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Single lepton 6 j, 4 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. Events / 0.2 25 20 15 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton 4 j, 4 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. 40 20 5 Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 NN output Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 NN output / 18

t t + jets control regions 1-lepton 4 jet 4 b 2-lepton 4 jet 2 b Events / 50 GeV 60 50 40 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Single lepton 4 j, 4 b Data tth (125) tt+light tt+cc tt+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. Events / 30 GeV 900 800 700 600 500 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton 4 j, 2 b Data tth (125) tt+light tt+cc tt+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. 30 400 20 300 200 0 Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75 0 200 400 600 800 00 1200 [GeV] H had T = p jet T had H T Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75 200 400 600 800 00 1200 H T [GeV] H T = p jet T + p lepton T tt + b b and tt + c c are constrained from fits to signal depleted regions 11 / 18

Signal and control region yields 1-lepton yields post-fit 2-lepton yields post-fit Events / bin 6 5 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Single lepton Data tth (125) t th (125) tt+cc tt+light tt+bb non-t t tt+v Total unc. Events / bin 5 4 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton Data tth (125) t th (125) tt+cc tt+light tt+bb non-t t tt+v Total unc. 4 3 3 2 2 Data / Pred 1.5 1.25 1 0.75 4 j, 2 b 5 j, 2 b 6 j, 2 b 4 j, 3 b 5 j, 3 b 6 j, 3 b 4 b 4 j, 4 b 6 j, 5 j, 4 b Data / Pred 1.5 1.25 1 0.75 2 j, 2 b 3 j, 2 b 4 j, 2 b 3 j, 3 b 4 j, 3 b 4 j, 4 b Simultaneous binned likelihood fit to 6 signal and 9 control regions Measure t th signal strength µ and background normalization µ = 1 corresponds to SM t th prediction 12 / 18

t th t t + b b: systematic uncertainties - 0 1 µ Main systematic uncertainties tt+heavy flavor normalization Jet flavor tagging tt re-weighting to data and Madgraph tt theoretical uncertainties Reduced by fitting data tt+bb tt+cc tt normalisation tt+hf tt tt LightTag1 p T MCgen RW normalisation tt+hf MG-PP LightTag2 cross section tt+hf top p T RW RW CTag1 BTag3 t t + light t t + c c t t + b b Total pre-fit ±30 ±57 ±56 Total post-fit ±14 ±25 ±14 CTag2 JES1 tt+v cross section BTag2 BTag1 ATLAS Preliminary =125 GeV m H Pull Post-fit Impact on µ -2.5-0 1 1.5 2 (θ - θ 0 )/ θ 13 / 18

t th t t + b b: results ATLAS Preliminary s=8 TeV, L dt=20.3 fb ATLAS Preliminary s=8 TeV, L dt=20.3 fb Dilepton tot. stat. ( tot ) ( stat ) Dilepton 2.9 ± 2.3 ( 1.4 ) Lepton+jets Expected ± 1σ Expected ± 2σ Lepton+jets 1.3 ± 1.6 ( 0.8 ) Combination Observed Expected ( µ=1) Combination 1.7 ± 1.4 ( 0.7 ) 0 2 4 6 8 12 95% CL limit on σ/σ SM at m H =125 GeV 0 2 4 6 8 best fit µ=σ/σ SM for m H =125 GeV Observed (expected ) 95% CL limit 4.1 SM (2.6 SM) for m H = 125 GeV Best fit µ = 1.7 ± 1.4 ATLAS-CONF-2014-011 14 / 18

t th t t + γγ candidate event 15 / 18

t th t t + γγ: signal regions Hadronic tt channel: 6 jet 2 b - N signal = 0.36 Leptonic tt channel: 1-lepton, 1 b - N signal = 5 2 isolated high p T photons - search for m γγ resonance Model m γγ for background with exponential function Simultaneous fit to signal and control regions with relaxed kinematic cuts Events / 5 GeV 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Leptonic Data ATLAS preliminary SR+CR background fit SM signal (m = 126.8 GeV) H SR-only background fit Signal region Leptonic channel 2000 Control region s = 8 TeV Ldt = 20.3 fb 00 0 1 120 130 140 150 160 m γγ [GeV] Events / 5 GeV 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Hadronic Data ATLAS preliminary SR+CR background fit SM signal (m = 126.8 GeV) H SR-only background fit Signal region Hadronic channel 40 Control region s = 8 TeV Ldt = 20.3 fb 20 0 1 120 130 140 150 160 m γγ [GeV] 16 / 18

t th t t + γγ: results tth /σ SM 95% CL limit on σ tth 40 35 30 25 20 15 Observed CL s limit Expected CL s limit ± 1σ H γγ tth channels comb. ATLAS preliminary ± 2σ Data 2012 s = 8 TeV Ldt = 20.3 fb 5 0 120 122 124 126 128 130 [GeV] m H Observed 95% CL limit: 5.3 SM (6.4 SM) for m H = 126.8 GeV 92% uncertainty on σ(t th) and 5% uncertainty on BR(H γγ) 4-6% uncertainty on photon id and isolation in multi-jet environment 5-% uncertainty on jet energy scale and b-tagging in hadronic channel ATLAS-CONF-2013-080 17 / 18

Summary and outlook t th t t + b b Observed (expected) 95% CL limit: 4.1 SM (2.6 SM) t th t t + γγ Outlook Observed (expected) 95% CL limit: 5.3 SM (6.4 SM) Publications of improved analyses of these final states are forthcoming Results of multi-lepton analyses will be also published t th cross-section increases by 3.9 at s = 13 TeV compared to 8 TeV ATLAS pixel detector upgrade: added Insertable B-Layer Expect to reach SM sensitivity in Run 2 18 / 18

BACKUP 18 / 18

t th t t + b b analysis strategy 1-lepton: t th 6 jets 4 b-jets 1 electron or muon with p T > 25 GeV 4 jets 2 b-jets 2-lepton: t th 4 jets 4 b-jets 2 electron or muon with p T > 25(15) GeV 2 jets 2 b-jets eµ: H T > 130 GeV ll: m ll > 15GeV and Z veto Exactly 2 b ll: m ll > 60 GeV Jets with p T > 25 GeV in η < 2.5 70% b-tagging working point with 1% mis-tag 18 / 18

t th t t + b b: multi-variate discriminant output Neural Network trained in each signal region Select highest rank variables with NeuroBayes Use all MC events - weight light jets with b-jet mistag rate maps 1-lepton 5 jet 4 b 1-lepton 6 jet 3 b 1-lepton 6 jet 4 b Events / 0.1 70 60 50 40 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Single lepton 5 j, 4 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. Events / 0.05 500 ATLAS Preliminary Data L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV tth (125) norm tth (125) Single lepton tt+light 400 6 j, 3 b tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. 300 Events / 0.1 0 80 60 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Single lepton 6 j, 4 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. 30 200 40 20 0 20 Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 NN output Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 NN output Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 NN output 18 / 18

t th t t + b b: multi-variate discriminant output Neural Network trained in each signal region Select highest rank variables with NeuroBayes Use all MC events - weight light jets with b-jet mistag rate maps 1-lepton 5 jet 4 b 1-lepton 6 jet 3 b 1-lepton 6 jet 4 b Events / 0.1 0 80 60 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton 3 j, 3 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. Events / 0.1 140 120 0 80 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton 4 j, 3 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. Events / 0.2 25 20 15 ATLAS Preliminary L dt = 20.3 fb, s = 8 TeV Dilepton 4 j, 4 b Data tth (125) norm tth (125) tt+light tt+cc t t+bb tt+v non-tt Total unc. 40 60 40 20 20 5 Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 NN output Data / Pred 1.50 0 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 NN output Data / Pred 1.50 0-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.25 1 0.75-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 NN output 18 / 18

1-lepton variables Variable Centrality H1 Definition Sum of the p T divided by sum of the E for all jets and the lepton Second Fox-Wolfram moment computed using all jets and the lepton mbb Mass of the combination of two b-tagged jets with the smallest R N jet 40 Number of jets with p T 40GeV R avg bb Average R for all b-tagged jet pairs m max p T jj Mass of the combination of any two jets with the largest vector sum p T Aplanarity b jet 1.5λ 2, where λ 2 is the second eigenvalue of the momentum tensor built with only b-tagged jets HT had mjj Rlep bb mbj m max p T bj muu p jet5 T R max p T bb mbb max m pt,uu m jjj Ruu m max p T bb Scalar sum of jet p T Mass of the combination of any two jets with the smallest R R between the lepton and the combination of two b-tagged jets with the smallest R Mass of the combination of a b-tagged jet and any jet with the smallest R Mass of the combination of a b-tagged jet and any jet with the largest vector sum p T Mass of the combination of two untagged jets with the smallest R Fifth leading jet p T R between two b-tagged jets with the largest vector sum p T Mass of the combination of two b-tagged jets with the largest invariant mass Scalar sum of the p T s of the pair of untagged jets with the smallest R Mass of the jet triplet with the largest vector sum p T Minimum R between two untagged jets Mass of the combination of two b-tagged jets with the largest vector sum p T 18 / 18

Variable m b b H T p jet3 T p jet4 T Centrality Aplanarity jet H1 H4 Rhl max R Rhl 2-lepton variables Definition Mass of the two b-tagged jets from the Higgs candidate system Scalar sum of jet p T and lepton p T s Third leading jet p T Fourth leading jet p T Sum of the p T divided by sum of the E for all jets and both leptons 1.5λ 2, where λ 2 is the second eigenvalue of the momentum tensor built with all jets Second Fox-Wolfram moment computed using all jets and both leptons Fifth Fox-Wolfram moment computed using all jets and both leptons R between the Higgs candidate and the closest lepton R between the Higgs candidate and the furthest lepton N Higgs 30 Number of Higgs candidates within 30 GeV of the defined Higgs mass mjj closest Dijet mass between any two jets closest to the defined Higgs mass max η η jj Maximum η between any two jets in the event mjj min m Minimum dijet mass between any two jets m max p T jj Mass of the combination of any two jets with the largest vector sum p T mbb Mass of the combination of two b-tagged jets with the smallest R Rbj Minimum R between a b-tagged jet and any jet Rlj Minimum R between any lepton and jet R max p T bb R between two b-tagged jets with the largest vector sum p T Rbb max m R between two b-tagged jets with the largest invariant mass 18 / 18

Variable ( 6j, 4b) ( 6j, 3b) (5j, 4b) (5j, 3b) R avg bb 1 5 5 - mbb 2 9 3 1 Centrality 3 2 1 - H1 4 3 2 - p jet5 T 5 8 - - Aplanarity b jet 6-7 - muu 7 7-2 R max p T bb 8 - - - Rlep bb 9 - m max p T bj 6 - - N jet 40-1 4 - mbj - 4 - - m max p T jj - - 6 - HT had - - 8 - mjj - - 9 - mbb max m - - - 3 pt,uu - - - 4 m jjj - - - 5 Ruu - - - 6 m max p T bb - - - 7 Table: The lists and rankings of the variables considered in each of the regions in the single lepton channel where a NN is used. 18 / 18

Variable ( 4j, 4b) ( 4j, 3b) (3j, 3b) max η η jj 1 1 1 mbb 2 8 - m b b 3 - - Rhl 4 5 - N Higgs 30 5 2 5 R max p T bb 6 4 8 Aplanarity jet 7 7 - mjj min m 8 3 2 max R Rhl 9 - - mjj closest - H T - 6 3 Rbb max m - 9 - Rlj - - Centrality - - 7 m max p T jj - - 9 H4 - - 4 p jet3 T - - 6 Table: The lists and rankings of the variables considered in each of the regions in the dilepton channel where a NN is used. 18 / 18

t t + jets signal region composition regions tth, H bb 1-lepton 4 j, 2 b 4 j, 3 b 4 j, 4 b ATLAS Preliminary Simulation = 125 GeV m H s = 8 TeV 5 j, 2 b 5 j, 3 b 5 j, 4 b tth, H bbb tth, H WW tth, H ττ tth, H gg tth, H cc tth, H ZZ tth, H others 6 j, 2 b 6 j, 3 b 6 j, 4 b Single lepton 2-lepton 2 j, 2 b ATLAS Preliminary Simulation = 125 GeV m H s = 8 TeV 3 j, 2 b 3 j, 3 b tth, H bbb tth, H WW tth, H ττ tth, H gg tth, H cc tth, H ZZ tth, H others 4 j, 2 b 4 j, 3 b 4 j, 4 b Dilepton 18 / 18

( 6j, 4b) systematic uncertainties Pre-fit t th (125) t t + light t t + c c t t + b b Jet energy scale ±6.5 ±14 ± ±8.2 Jet efficiencies ±1.6 ±5.4 ±2.5 ±2.4 Jet energy resolution ±0.1 ±8.5 ±4.1 ±4.3 b-tagging efficiency ±9.0 ±5.8 ±5.1 ±9.2 c-tagging efficiency ±1.9 ±7.3 ±14 ±2.8 Light jet-tagging efficiency ±1.0 ±17 ±4.4 ±1.5 t t modelling: reweighting ±11 ±13 ±13 t t modelling: parton shower ±7.5 ±1.8 ± t t heavy-flavour: normalisation ±50 ±50 Total pre-fit ±12 ±30 ±57 ±56 Total post-fit ±7.2 ±14 ±25 ±14 18 / 18

5 t t + jets signal regions ATLAS Preliminary s=8 TeV, L dt=20.3 fb Dilepton Lepton+jets Combination Dilepton Lepton+jets Expected ± 1σ Expected ± 2σ Observed Expected ( µ=1) 0 2 4 6 8 12 ATLAS 95% CL limit on σ/σ SM at m H =125 GeV Preliminary tot. stat. s=8 TeV, L dt=20.3 fb ( tot ) ( stat ) 2.9 ± 2.3 ( 1.4 ) 1.3 ± 1.6 ( 0.8 ) Events / bin Data / Bkgd. 5 4 3 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 ATLAS s=8 TeV Preliminary L dt =20.3 fb Comb. Single lepton and Dilepton tth (µ =1.7) + Bkgd. fit tth (µ =4.1) + Bkgd. 95% excl. Data 2012 tth (µ =1.7) fit tth (µ =4.1) 95% excl. Bkgd 0.8 1 0.6-4 -3.5-3 -2.5-2.5 - log (S/B) Combination 1.7 ± 1.4 ( 0.7 ) 0 2 4 6 8 best fit µ=σ/σ SM for m H =125 GeV 18 / 18

t th t t + γγ: analysis strategy Hadronic tt channel: 6 jet 2 b - N signal = 0.36 Leptonic tt channel: 1-lepton, 1 b - N signal = 5 Aim for high efficiency to maximize signal yields 80% b-tagging working point with 4% light quark jet rejection 2 isolated high p T photons - 40 (30) GeV Jets with p T > 25 GeV in η < 2.5 Arbitrary units 0.4 ATLAS Preliminary Non-isolated, non-tight γ ID γγ + l + jets (at least 1b) 0.35 L dt = 20.3 fb γγ + 2-4 jets (at least 1b) s = 8 TeV 0.3 γγ + 2-4 jets (b veto) Leptonic Channel 0.25 Arbitrary units 0.4 ATLAS Preliminary Non-isolated, non-tight γ ID γγ + >=6j 0.35 L dt = 20.3 fb γγ + 5j (b veto) 0.3 s = 8 TeV γγ + 5j (1b) Hadronic Channel 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05 0 0 1 120 130 140 150 160 m γγ [GeV] 0 0 1 120 130 140 150 160 m γγ [GeV] 18 / 18