Author/Authors :
ALEPH Collaboration، نويسنده , , R. Barate، نويسنده , , D. Decamp، نويسنده , , P. Ghez، نويسنده , , C. Goy، نويسنده , , S. Jezequel، نويسنده , , J.-P. Lees، نويسنده , , F. Martin، نويسنده , , E. Merle، نويسنده , , M.-N. Minard، نويسنده , , B. Pietrzyk، نويسنده , , S. Bravo، نويسنده , , M.P. Casado، نويسنده , , M. Chmeissani، نويسنده , , J.M. Crespo، نويسنده , , E. Fernandez، نويسنده , , M. Fernandez-Bosman، نويسنده , , Ll. Garrido، نويسنده , , E. Graugès، نويسنده , , J. Lopez، نويسنده , , et al.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A search for γγ decays of a Higgs boson is performed in the data sample collected at LEP with the ALEPH detector between 1991 and 1999. This corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 672 pb−1 at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 88 to 202 GeV. The search is based on topologies arising from a Higgs boson produced in association with a fermion pair via the Higgs-strahlung process e+e−→Hff̄, with ff̄=νν̄, e+e−,μ+μ−,τ+τ− or qq̄. Twenty-two events are selected in the data, while 28 events are expected from standard model processes. An upper limit is derived, as a function of the Higgs boson mass, on the product of the e+e−→Hff̄ cross section and the H→γγ branching fraction. In particular, a fermiophobic Higgs boson produced with the standard model cross section is excluded at 95% confidence level for all masses below 100.7 GeV/c2.
