Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying into a heavy CP-even Higgs boson and a Z boson in the ℓ+ ℓ− tt¯ and ν ν¯ bb¯ final states using 140 fb− 1 of data collected with the …
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A search for a heavy CP-odd Higgs boson, A, decaying into a Z boson and a heavy CP-even Higgs boson, H, is presented. It uses the full LHC Run 2 dataset of pp collisions at s= 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb− 1. The search for A→ ZH is performed in the ℓ+ ℓ− tt and ννbb final states and surpasses the reach of previous searches in different final states in the region with mH> 350 GeV and mA> 800 GeV. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is found. Upper limits are placed on the production cross-section times the decay branching ratios. Limits with less model dependence are also presented as functions of the reconstructed m (tt) and m (bb) distributions in the ℓ+ ℓ− tt and ννbb channels, respectively. In addition, the results are interpreted in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models.
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