Search for WH production with a light Higgs boson decaying to prompt electron-jets in proton-proton collisions at √s =7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search is performed for WH production with a light Higgs boson decaying to hidden-sector particles resulting in clusters of collimated electrons, known as electron-jets. The search is performed with 2.04 fb⁻¹ of data collected in 2011 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV. One event satisfying the signal selection criteria is observed, which is consistent with the expected background rate. Limits on the product of the WH production cross section and the branching ratio of a Higgs boson decaying to prompt electron-jets are calculated as a function of a Higgs boson mass in the range from 100 to 140 GeV.