Search for SM Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z or a W Boson in events with $\etmiss$ and $b$-jets

TL;DR

This paper reports a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced with a W or Z boson, focusing on events with missing transverse energy and b-jets, using data from the CDF II detector at the Tevatron.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analysis targeting Higgs production with W/Z bosons in events with missing energy and b-jets, using 1.7 fb^{-1} of data and discussing future sensitivity improvements.

Findings

Preliminary results from 1.7 fb^{-1} data set.

Identification of event signatures with missing energy and b-jets.

Work on enhancing analysis sensitivity for future searches.

Abstract

We present a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a Z or a W boson, using data collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron accelerator. A scenario where the Z decays into neutrinos or charged leptons originating from the W-decay escape detection and the Higgs decays into a $b\overline{b}$ pair is considered. Therefore the expected signature is large missing transverse energy ($\etmiss$), no isolated leptons, and two $b$-jets. We present the preliminary results in this search using 1.7$fb^{-1}$ of data collected by CDF and the work on future improvements to increase the sensitivity of the analysis.