%0 Electronic Article
%T Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson produced in association with a <i>Z</i> boson in ATLAS
%N ATLAS-CONF-2013-011
%M DESY-2013-00507
%M ATLAS-CONF-2013-011
%D 2013
%Z March 5, 2013
%X A direct search for evidence of decays to invisible particles of a Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is presented. This search is performed for a Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs boson produced in association with a Z  boson and having a mass between m H = 115 GeV and m H = 300 GeV. The results are interpreted to place limits on the branching fraction to invisible particles of the SM Higgs boson, where a non-zero invisible branching fraction could provide evidence for the production of dark matter particles. In addition, limits are set on any neutral Higgs-like particle, produced in association with a Z  boson and decaying predominantly to invisible particles. No deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed in the search, which uses 4.7 fb −1   of 7 TeV pp  collision data and 13.0 fb −1   of 8 TeV pp  collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Assuming the ZH  production rate for a 125 GeV SM Higgs boson, an invisible branching fraction greater than 65
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)25 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)15
%9 PreprintInternal Report
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/153440