QCDscale ggH ptH m01
QCD scale uncertainty onH+<2jets signal events from the ggF production process.
norm LH12 Ztt bv
Normalization factor for theZ → τ τ background, which is free parameter in the maximum like-lihood fit and the same value is used for the VBF and Boosted categories.
GenAcc2Z
Uncertainty on the choice of event generators for theZ →ℓℓ(ℓ→τhad)background.
JES FlavComp TAU G
Systematic uncertainty on the JES for events with gluon orτ initiated jets.
stat lh11 vbf bin9
Statistical uncertainty on the 9th (highest score) bin of the BDT output score distribution for the 7TeV VBF category.
TES Fake 2012
Systematic uncertainty on the TES for events with misidentifiedτhads in the8TeV analysis.
stat lh12 vbf bin8
Statistical uncertainty on the 8th (fourth highest score) bin of the BDT output score distribution for the8TeV VBF category.
TES InSitu 2012
Systematic uncertainty related to thein-situbased TES measurement in the8TeV analysis.
ANA EMB ISOL 2011
Isolation uncertainty for the embedding sample in the7TeV analysis.
norm LH12 Top vbf
Normalization factor for Top(τhad)and Top(ℓ→τhad)backgrounds in the VBF category, which is free parameter in the maximum likelihood fit.
LUMI 2012
Systematic uncertainty on the integrated luminosity in the8TeV analysis.
EL RES
Systematic uncertainty of the electron energy resolution.
ANA EMB MFS 2012
Subtraction uncertainty for the embedding sample in the8TeV analysis.
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Additions For Chapter 5
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ π -τ + ν π+ -→ τ
τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(a)π±π∓
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ ρ± τ + ν π± -→ τ τ+
ντ π0 π± τ + ν π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(b)π±ρ∓
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ ρ± τ + ν ρ± -→ τ τ+
ντ π0 π± τ + ν π0 π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(c)ρ±ρ∓
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ π± -→ τ τ+
ντ π0 π0 π± τ + ν π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(d)π±a∓1(1p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ π± -→ τ τ+
ντ π± π± π± τ + ν π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(e)π±a∓1(3p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ ρ± -→ τ τ+
ντ π0 π0 π± τ + ν π0 π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(f)ρ±a∓1(1p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ ρ±
→ τ -τ+
ντ π± π± π± τ + ν π0 π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(g)ρ±a∓1(3p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ
±1
→ a τ -τ+
ντ π0 π0 π± τ + ν π0 π0 π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(h)a±1(1p)a∓1(1p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ
±1
→ a τ -τ+
ντ π± π± π± τ + ν π0 π0 π±
→
0) CP even (H 0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(i)a±1(1p)a∓1(3p)
Fig. B.1: Truth acoplanarity distributions of the CP-even (blue), CP-odd (red) Higgs boson and theZ boson (black) for eachτ+τ−→hadron-hadron decay.
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ π± τ + lν
±ν
→ l τ
-τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(a)ℓ±π∓
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ ρ± τ + lν
±ν
→ l τ
-τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(b)ℓ±ρ∓
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ νl l±
→ τ
-τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(c)ℓ±a∓1(1p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ
± + a1 ντ νl l±
→ τ
-τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(d)ℓ±a∓1(3p)
φCP
Acoplanarity
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
A.U.
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
ντ νl + l± ντ νl l±
→ τ
-τ+ CP even (H0)
0) CP odd (A
τ τ
→ Z
(e)ℓ±ℓ∓
Fig. B.2: Truth acoplanarity distributions of the CP-even (blue), CP-odd (red) Higgs boson and theZ boson (black) for eachτ+τ−→lepton-hadron (a,b,c,d) and lepton-lepton (e) decay.
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List of publications
Selected Publications
1. T. Aaltonen et. al., CDF Collaboration, Search for a low mass Standard Model Higgs boson in the τ+τ−decay channel at CDF,Phys. Rev. Lett.108, 181804 (2012)
2. T. Aaltonen et. al., CDF Collaboration, Combination of searches for the Higgs boson using the full CDF data set,Phys. Rev.D88 (2013) 052013
3. G. Aad et. al., ATLAS Collaboration, Evidence for the Higgs-boson Yukawa coupling to tau leptons with the ATLAS detector,JHEP04 (2015) 117
4. G. Aad et. al.,ATLAS Collaboration, Identification and energy calibration of hadronically decaying tau leptons with the ATLAS experiment in pp collisions at√
s= 8TeV,Eur.Phys.J.C75 (2015) 7, 303
Other Publications
30 co-authored publications from the CDF Collaboration 162 co-authored publications from the ATLAS Collaboration
Selected Public Analysis Notes
1. T. Aaltonen et. al., CDF Collaboration, Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson inτ+τ− + jets final state with 8.3 fb−1of CDF data, CDF Note 10625 (2011)
2. G. Aad et. al., ATLAS Collaboration, Evidence for Higgs Boson Decays to theτ+τ−Final State with the ATLAS Detector, ATLAS-CONF-2013-108 (2013)
3. G. Aad et. al., ATLAS Collaboration, Identification of Hadronic Decays of Tau Leptons in 2012 Data with the ATLAS Detector, ATLAS-CONF-2013-066 (2013)