1523674 20180615162758.0 oai:cds.cern.ch:1523674 cerncds:FULLTEXT cerncds:cms-pas Inspire 1230242 CMS-PAS-HIG-13-006 CMS Collaboration Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the Z boson plus a photon channel in pp collisions at sqrt-s = 7 and 8\,TeV 2013 Geneva CERN A search for a Higgs boson decaying into a \Z boson and a photon is described. The analysis is performed using a dataset recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 and 8\,TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 and 19.6\,fb$^{-1}$, respectively. Limits are set on the cross section of a standard model Higgs boson decaying to opposite-sign electron or muon pairs and a photon. The expected exclusion limits at 95\% confidence level are between 6 and 19 times the standard model cross section in the mass range of 120 and 150~\GeV, and the observed limits are between about 3 and 31 times the standard model cross section. CC-BY-4.0 Preprint SzGeCERN Particle Physics - Experiment CMS Data CERN CERN LHC CMS CMS Collaboration superseded by CERN-PH-EP-2013-113 1563290 http://cms.cern.ch/iCMS/analysisadmin/cadi?ancode=HIG-13-006 Additional information for the analysis (restricted access) http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/HIG-13-006-pas.pdf Fulltext in PDF http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_001.pdf Figure_001 Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-a.pdf Figure_002-a Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-b.pdf Figure_002-b Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-c.pdf Figure_002-c Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-d.pdf Figure_002-d Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-a.pdf Figure_003-a Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-b.pdf Figure_003-b Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-c.pdf Figure_003-c Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-d.pdf Figure_003-d Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_004.pdf Figure_004 Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_001.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_001 Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-a.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_002-a Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-b.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_002-b Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-c.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_002-c Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_002-d.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_002-d Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-a.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_003-a Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-b.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_003-b Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-c.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_003-c Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_003-d.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_003-d Figure http://cds.cern.ch/record/1523674/files/Figure_004.png?subformat=icon icon Figure_004 Figure cms-pag-conveners-higgs@cern.ch CMS-PHYSICS-ANALYSIS-SUMMARIES NOTE