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Constraints on the spin-parity and anomalous HVV couplings of the Higgs boson in proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

Abstract

The study of the spin-parity and tensor structure of the interactions of the recently discovered Higgs boson is performed using the H→ZZ,Zγ^∗,γ^∗γ^∗→4ℓ, H→WW→ℓνℓν, and H→γγ decay modes. The full data set recorded by the CMS experiment during the LHC run 1 is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 5.1  fb^(−1) at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and up to 19.7  fb^(−1) at 8 TeV. A wide range of spin-two models is excluded at a 99% confidence level or higher, or at a 99.87% confidence level for the minimal gravitylike couplings, regardless of whether assumptions are made on the production mechanism. Any mixed-parity spin-one state is excluded in the ZZ and WW modes at a greater than 99.999% confidence level. Under the hypothesis that the resonance is a spin-zero boson, the tensor structure of the interactions of the Higgs boson with two vector bosons ZZ, Zγ, γγ, and WW is investigated and limits on eleven anomalous contributions are set. Tighter constraints on anomalous HVV interactions are obtained by combining the HZZ and HWW measurements. All observations are consistent with the expectations for the standard model Higgs boson with the quantum numbers J^(PC)=0^(++).

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© 2015 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 12 November 2014; published 13 July 2015. We thank Markus Schulze for optimizing the JHUGEN Monte Carlo simulation program for this analysis. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy and the Austrian Science Fund; the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; the Brazilian Funding Agencies (CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP); the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science; CERN; the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, and National Natural Science Foundation of China; the Colombian Funding Agency (COLCIENCIAS); the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, and the Croatian Science Foundation; the Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus; the Ministry of Education and Research, Estonian Research Council via IUT23-4 and IUT23-6 and European Regional Development Fund, Estonia; the Academy of Finland, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics; the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules/CNRS, and Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives/CEA, France; the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Germany; the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece; the National Scientific Research Foundation, and National Innovation Office, Hungary; the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India; the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran; the Science Foundation, Ireland; the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and National Research Foundation (NRF), Republic of Korea; the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; the Ministry of Education, and University of Malaya (Malaysia); the Mexican Funding Agencies (CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLPFAI); the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand; the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland; the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; JINR, Dubna; the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia; the Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain; the Swiss Funding Agencies (ETH Board, ETH Zurich, PSI, SNF, UniZH, Canton Zurich, and SER); the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taipei; the Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology of Thailand, Special Task Force for Activating Research and the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand; the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority; the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and State Fund for Fundamental Researches, Ukraine; the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK; the US Department of Energy, and the US National Science Foundation. Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWTBelgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste); MIUR Project No. 20108T4XTM (Italy); the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; and the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund.

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Austrian Federal Ministry of Science Research and Economy and the Austrian Science Fund
Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Orderzoek
CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil)
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
CERN
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
Croatian Ministry of Science Education and Sport and the Croatian Science Foundation
Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus
Ministry of Education and Research, Estonian Research Council
IUT23-4
Ministry of Education and Research, Estonian Research Council
IUT23-6
European Regional Development Fund, Estonia
Academy of Finland
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules/CNRSand Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives / CEA France
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece
National Scientific Research Foundation, and National Innovation Office, Hungary
Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran
Science Foundation, Ireland
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and National Research Foundation (NRF) (Korea)
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Education, and University of Malaya (Malaysia)
CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
JINR (Dubna)
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia
Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain
ETH Board, ETH Zurich, PSI, SNF, UniZH, Canton Zurich, and SER
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taipei
Thailand center of Excellence in Physics
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology of Thailand
Special Task Force for Activating Research and the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and State Fund for Fundamental Researches, Ukraine
Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF
Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union)
Leventis Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic
Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science cofinanced from European Union
Regional Development Fund
Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
20108T4XTM
Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF
Qatar National Research Fund National Priorities Research Program
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren

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