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Chapters 4–7 describe the details of the \(H \rightarrow WW\)analysis: the selection of signal events and the rejection of backgrounds, and how each process is modelled. By comparing the expected and observed events passing the selection criteria, with a careful treatment of statistical and systematic uncertainties, it is possible to make statistically meaningful statements about the \(H \rightarrow WW\)process, based upon the Run I dataset.
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This analysis is optimised to search for a low-mass Higgs boson and therefore the region \(m_{H}> 200\) GeV is not considered. A dedicated high-mass search for \(H \rightarrow WW\) is described in reference [8].
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Hall, D. (2015). Experimental Results. In: Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19989-4_8
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