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Mar 13 2009,Fermilab experiments constrain Higgs mass.
Press release

May 28 2009 :
CDF observes diboson production with jets in the final state,
a milestone for Higgs.
For physicists and for the public


SM Higgs Search Description Results Datasets (fb-1) Last Update
Tevatron combined Higgs search We combine CDF & D0 Higgs searches : individual CDF searches listed below SM Higgs is excluded between 160 and 170GeV 4 03/13/09
CDF combined search for low mass and high mass Higgs We combine below-listed H->WW, WH -> lvbb, WH+ZH->MET+bb, ZH->llbb, WH -> WWW, and H -> tautau Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 3.2 @115GeV
Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 1.6 @165GeV 		2.0 - 3.6 03/06/09
H -> WW*
WH -> WWW* 		Dileptons (OS+SS) using NN discriminant with ME Inputs Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 1.45 @165GeV 3.6 02/27/09
WH -> l nu b bbar lepton, missing E_T, 2 jets (1 or 2 b-tags) using multivariate discriminants ME+BDT Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 5.6 @115GeV
NN Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 5.8 @115GeV
Combined Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 4.8 @115GeV 		2.7 11/07/08
WH -> WWW* 2 like-sign leptons using BDT discriminant Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 20.1 @160GeV
Expected cross section x BR limit/Fermiophbic Higgs < 8.8 @120GeV 		2.7 12/12/08
VH -> MET b bbar missing E_T, 2 jets (2 b-tags) using NN discriminant Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 5.6 @115GeV 2.1 11/07/08
ZH -> l l b bbar
2 leptons, 2 jets (2 b-tags) using NN discriminant
Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 9.9 @115GeV
2.7
10/24/08
ZH -> l l b bbar
2 leptons, 2 jets (2 b-tags) using ME discriminant, tighter event selection than above
Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 12.3 @115GeV
2.7
03/06/09
VH-> qq b bar 4 jets (2 b-tags) using ME discriminant Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 37 @115GeV 2.0 04/25/08
VH,VBH,gg-> H in 2&tau 2j 2&tau 2j using NN discriminants Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 25 @115GeV 2.0 02/22/08
ttH -> lvjjbbbb lepton, missing E_T, >= 5jets (>=3 b-tag) cross section x BR limit (APS06 talk) 0.32 04/20/06


SUSY Higgs and Related Searches Description Result Datasets (fb-1) Last Update
Fermiophobic Higgs: H &rarr &gamma&gamma &gamma&gamma Signature mHf > 106 GeV (Fermiophobic Couplings) 3.0 10/30/2008
Charged Higgs in Top Decays lepton plus jets ttbar events Limits on BR(t &rarr H+b) 2.2 05/08/2008
Technicolor Search lepton, missing E_T, jets (1 or 2 b-tags) using dijet mass and Q distributions exclusion in techni rho vs. pi apce 1.9 04/11/08
MSSM Higgs -> bb 3b exclusion in tan(beta) vs m(A) space 2.0 02/29/08
MSSM Higgs -> di-tau 2 taus exclusion in tan(beta) vs m(A) space 1.8 09/28/07
Search for anomalous tau production in b-tagged top quark events tau, e or mu, MET, b-jets Limit on BR(t -> H+ b) 0.34 06/22/06


Higgs Related SM Measurements Description Result Datasets (fb-1) Last Update
&sigma(WW+WZ+ZZ) First observation of dibosons with one boson decaying to two jets &sigma(WW+WZ+ZZ)= 18 ± 2.8 (stat) ± 2.4 (sys) ± 1.1 (lum) pb 3.5 05/28/09
&sigma b-jets (W+b-jets) &sdot BR(W) W+bjets Production &sigma b-jets (W+b-jets) &sdot BR(W) 1.9 01/11/08
Z -> bb Search for Z -> bb Z -> bb signal and b jet calibration 0.58 02/07


Higgs Publications


Search for a Higgs Boson Decaying to Two W Bosons at CDF
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 021802 (2009)
Abstract, PostScript,

Search for Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons with Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decays involving Tau Leptons
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 121801 (2008)
Abstract, PostScript, Public page with figures.

Search for the Higgs Boson Produced in Association with Z ->l+l- in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)= 1.96 TeV
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 251803 (2008)
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in Association with a W Boson at CDF.
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. D 78, 032008 (2008)
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for the Higgs boson in events with missing transverse energy and b quark jets produced in proton-antiproton collisions at s**(1/2)=1.96 TeV.
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 211801 (2008).
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for Standard Model Higgs Bosons Produced in Association with W Bosons
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 041801 (2008)
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for a Neutral Higgs Boson Decaying to a W Boson Pair in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081802 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (236KiB).

Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying to bb-bar and Produced in Association with W Bosons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 081803 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (775KiB).

Search for Charged Higgs Bosons from Top Quark Decays in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 042003 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (479KiB), Public page with figures.

Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Decaying to tau Pairs in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 011802 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (2020KiB).

A Search for Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons in the Di-Tau Decay Mode in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. D72, 072004 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (3255KiB).

Search for Long-Lived Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 071801 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (328KiB).

Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying into bb-bar and Produced in Association with a Vector Boson in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 051801 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (410KiB).

Search for Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying to Dileptons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 221802 (2004).
Abstract, PostScript (252KiB).

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