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High $p_T$ Higgs production at hadron colliders provides a direct probe of the internal structure of the $gg \to H$ loop with the $H \to b\bar{b}$ decay offering the most statistics due to the large branching ratio. Despite the overwhelming QCD background, recent advances in jet substructure have put the observation of the $gg\to H \to b\bar{b}$ channel at the LHC within the realm of possibility. In order to enhance the sensitivity to this process, we develop a two stream convolutional neural network, with one stream acting on jet information and one using global event properties. The neural network significantly increases the discovery potential of a Higgs signal, both for high $p_T$ Standard Model production as well for possible beyond the Standard Model contributions. Unlike most studies for boosted hadronically decaying massive particles, the boosted Higgs search is unique because double $b$-tagging rejects nearly all background processes that do not have two hard prongs. In this context --- which goes beyond state-of-the-art two-prong tagging --- the network is studied to identify the origin of the additional information leading to the increased significance. The procedures de

Author

Lin, Joshua; Freytsis, Marat; Moult, Ian; Nachman, Benjamin

Published

2018

Language

EN