# Measurement of $VH$, $H\to b\bar{b}$ production as a function of the vector-boson transverse momentum in 13 TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector

## TL;DR

This paper measures the production rates of a Higgs boson decaying into bottom quarks associated with W or Z bosons as a function of the bosons' transverse momentum, using ATLAS data at 13 TeV, confirming Standard Model predictions.

## Contribution

First measurement of $VH$, $H o bar{b}$ production as a function of gauge boson transverse momentum at 13 TeV with detailed fiducial cross-sections.

## Key findings

- Results agree with Standard Model predictions.
- Set limits on effective Lagrangian parameters affecting Higgs couplings.
- Provides detailed differential cross-section measurements.

## Abstract

Cross-sections of associated production of a Higgs boson decaying into bottom-quark pairs and an electroweak gauge boson, $W$ or $Z$, decaying into leptons are measured as a function of the gauge boson transverse momentum. The measurements are performed in kinematic fiducial volumes defined in the `simplified template cross-section' framework. The results are obtained using 79.8 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. All measurements are found to be in agreement with the Standard Model predictions, and limits are set on the parameters of an effective Lagrangian sensitive to modifications of the Higgs boson couplings to the electroweak gauge bosons.