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${{\mathit H}}$ SIGNAL STRENGTHS IN DIFFERENT CHANNELS

The ${{\mathit H}}$ signal strength in a particular final state ${{\mathit x}}{{\mathit x}}$ is given by the cross section times branching ratio in this channel normalized to the Standard Model (SM) value, $\sigma $ $\cdot{}$ B(${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit x}}{{\mathit x}}$) $/$ ($\sigma $ $\cdot{}$ B(${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit x}}{{\mathit x}}))_{{\mathrm {SM}}}$, for the specified mass value of ${{\mathit H}}$. For the SM predictions, see DITTMAIER 2011, DITTMAIER 2012, and HEINEMEYER 2013A. Results for fiducial and differential cross sections are also listed below.

${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ Final State

INSPIRE JSON (beta) PDGID:

VALUE

CL%

DOCUMENT ID

TECN

COMMENT

$\bf{ 1.02 \pm0.08}$

OUR AVERAGE

$0.97$ ${}^{+0.12}_{-0.11}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

$1.01$ $\pm0.11$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

$1.29$ ${}^{+0.26}_{-0.23}$

LHC

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV

• • We do not use the following data for averages, fits, limits, etc. • •

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13.6 TeV, cross sections

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV cross sections

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV, couplings

$0.94$ $\pm0.07$ ${}^{+0.09}_{-0.08}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV cross sections

$<6.5$

95

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV, off-shell

$1.06$ ${}^{+0.19}_{-0.17}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

$1.28$ ${}^{+0.21}_{-0.19}$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

$<3.8$

95

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV, off-shell

$1.05$ ${}^{+0.15}_{-0.14}$ ${}^{+0.11}_{-0.09}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 13 TeV

$1.52$ ${}^{+0.40}_{-0.34}$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV

$1.04$ ${}^{+0.32}_{-0.26}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV

$1.46$ ${}^{+0.35}_{-0.31}$ ${}^{+0.19}_{-0.13}$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV cross sections

$1.44$ ${}^{+0.34}_{-0.31}$ ${}^{+0.21}_{-0.11}$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 7, 8 TeV

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 8 TeV, cross sections

$0.93$ ${}^{+0.26}_{-0.23}$ ${}^{+0.13}_{-0.09}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7, 8 TeV

$1.43$ ${}^{+0.40}_{-0.35}$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$, 7 and 8 TeV

$0.80$ ${}^{+0.35}_{-0.28}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 7, 8 TeV

$1.2$ $\pm0.6$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 7, 8 TeV

$1.4$ $\pm1.1$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 7 TeV

$1.1$ $\pm0.8$

ATLS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 8 TeV

$0.73$ ${}^{+0.45}_{-0.33}$

CMS

${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}{{\mathit X}}$, 7, 8 TeV

¹	CMS 2022 report combined results (see their Extended Data Table 2) using up to 138 fb${}^{-1}$ of data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV, assuming ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.38 GeV. See their Fig. 2 right.

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AAD 2020AQ perform analyses using ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) with data of 139 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. Results are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125 GeV.

³	AAD 2020AQ measured the inclusive cross section times branching ratio for ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ decay ($\vert $y(${{\mathit H}})\vert $ $<$ 2.5) to be $1.34$ $\pm0.12$ pb (with $1.33$ $\pm0.08$ pb expected in the SM).

⁴	AAD 2016AN perform fits to the ATLAS and CMS data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 and 8 TeV. The signal strengths for individual production processes are $1.13$ ${}^{+0.34}_{-0.31}$ for gluon fusion and $0.1$ ${}^{+1.1}_{-0.6}$ for vector boson fusion.

⁵	AAD 2016AN: In the fit, relative production cross sections are fixed to those in the Standard Model. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.09 GeV.

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AAD 2024AQ measure fiducial and total cross sections at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13.6 TeV with 29.0 fb${}^{-1}$ data. The quoted results are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.09 GeV. The inclusive fiducial cross section is $2.80$ $\pm0.74$ fb with their defined fiducial region (see their Table 5), where $3.67$ $\pm0.19$ fb is expected in the SM. Assuming SM values for the acceptance and the branching fraction, the total cross section is $46$ $\pm12$ pb, where $59.9$ $\pm2.6$ pb is expected in the SM.

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HAYRAPETYAN 2023 measure the cross sections for ${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) using 138 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. They give ${{\mathit \sigma}}$ = $2.73$ $\pm0.22$(stat) $\pm0.15$(syst) fb in their fiducial region (see their Section5 and Table 2), where $2.86$ $\pm0.15$ fb is expected in the Standard Model for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.38 GeV. 26 differential and 6 double-differential cross sections are given; see their Figs. 6-23 and 24-25.

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SIRUNYAN 2021AE obtains constraints on anomalous couplings to vector bosons (${{\mathit W}}$, ${{\mathit Z}}$, and gluon) and top quark using ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) with data of 137 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. Their Table 5 and Figs $14 - 17$ show (effective) couplings to gluon and top with combining gluon fusion, ${{\mathit t}}{{\overline{\mathit t}}}{{\mathit H}}$ and ${{\mathit t}}{{\mathit H}}$ production channels and the result of ${{\mathit t}}{{\overline{\mathit t}}}{{\mathit H}}$, ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \gamma}}{{\mathit \gamma}}$ (SIRUNYAN 2020AS). Their Tables $6 - 9$ and Figs $18 - 22$ show couplings to ${{\mathit W}}$ and ${{\mathit Z}}$ for different assumptions and bases (Higgs and Warsaw).

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SIRUNYAN 2021S measure cross sections with the ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) channel using 137 fb${}^{-1}$ data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. Results are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.38 GeV. The signal strengths for individual production processes in their Table 4. Cross sections are given in their Table 6 and Fig. 14, which are based on the simplified template cross section framework (reduced stage-1.2).

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AAD 2020AQ present several results for the channel ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) with the simplified template cross section with $\kappa $-frameworks and the effective field theory (EFT) approach; see their Table 8 and Fig. 10 for simplified template cross sections. ${{\mathit \kappa}_{{{V}}}}$ = $1.02$ $\pm0.06$ and ${{\mathit \kappa}_{{{F}}}}$ = $0.88$ $\pm0.16$ are obtained, see their Fig. 12 for the $\kappa $-framework. See their Tables 9 and 10 and Figs. $16 - 18$ for the EFT-framework.

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AAD 2020BA measure the cross section for ${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) using 139 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. They give ${{\mathit \sigma}}\cdot{}{{\mathit B}}$ = $3.28$ $\pm0.30$ $\pm0.11$ fb in their fiducial region, where $3.41$ $\pm0.18$ fb is expected in the Standard Model for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125 GeV. Various differential cross sections are also given; see their Figs. 19-39. Constraints on Yukawa couplings for bottom and charm quarks are given in their Table 9 and Fig. 41.

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AABOUD 2019N measure the spectrum of the four-lepton invariant mass m$_{4 {{\mathit \ell}}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ or ${{\mathit \mu}}$) using 36.1 fb${}^{-1}$ of data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. The quoted signal strength upper limit is obtained from 180 GeV $<$ m$_{4 {{\mathit \ell}}}$ $<$ 1200 GeV.

¹³	SIRUNYAN 2019AT perform a combine fit to 35.9 fb${}^{-1}$ of data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV.

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AABOUD 2018AJ perform analyses using ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) with data of 36.1 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. Results are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.09 GeV. The inclusive cross section times branching ratio for ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ decay ($\vert \eta ({{\mathit H}})\vert $ $<$ 2.5) is measured to be $1.73$ ${}^{+0.26}_{-0.24}$ pb (with $1.34$ ${}^{+0.09}_{-0.09}$ pb expected in the SM).

¹⁵

AABOUD 2018BP measure an off-shell Higgs boson production using ${{\mathit Z}}$ ${{\mathit Z}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ and ${{\mathit Z}}$ ${{\mathit Z}}$ $\rightarrow$ 2 ${{\mathit \ell}}$2 ${{\mathit \nu}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) decay channels with 36.1 fb${}^{-1}$ of data at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. The quoted signal strength upper limit is obtained from a combination of these two channels, where 220 GeV $<$ m$_{4 {{\mathit \ell}}}$ $<$ 2000 GeV for ${{\mathit Z}}$ ${{\mathit Z}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ and 250 GeV $<$ m${}^{ZZ}_{T}$ $<$ 2000 GeV for ${{\mathit Z}}$ ${{\mathit Z}}$ $\rightarrow$ 2 ${{\mathit \ell}}$2 ${{\mathit \nu}}$ (m${}^{ZZ}_{T}$ is defined in their Section 5). See their Table 2 for each measurement.

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SIRUNYAN 2017AV use 35.9 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 13 TeV. The quoted signal strength, obtained from the analysis of ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) decays, is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.09 GeV. The signal strengths for different production modes are given in their Table 3. The fiducial and differential cross sections are shown in their Fig. 10.

¹⁷	AAD 2016K use up to 4.7 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and up to 20.3 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.36 GeV.

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KHACHATRYAN 2016AR use data of 5.1 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 19.7 fb${}^{-1}$ at 8 TeV. The fiducial cross sections for the production of 4 leptons via ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ decays are measured to be $0.56$ ${}^{+0.67}_{-0.44}{}^{+0.21}_{-0.06}$ fb at 7 TeV and $1.11$ ${}^{+0.41}_{-0.35}{}^{+0.14}_{-0.10}$ fb at 8 TeV in their fiducial region (Table 2). The differential cross sections at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV are also shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The results are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125 GeV.

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AAD 2015F use 4.5 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 20.3 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.36 GeV. The signal strength for the gluon fusion production mode is $1.66$ ${}^{+0.45}_{-0.41}{}^{+0.25}_{-0.15}$, while the signal strength for the vector boson fusion production mode is $0.26$ ${}^{+1.60}_{-0.91}{}^{+0.36}_{-0.23}$.

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AAD 2014AR measure the cross section for ${{\mathit p}}$ ${{\mathit p}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit H}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit Z}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ (${{\mathit \ell}}$ = ${{\mathit e}}$ , ${{\mathit \mu}}$) using 20.3fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. They give ${{\mathit \sigma}}\cdot{}{{\mathit B}}$ = $2.11$ ${}^{+0.53}_{-0.47}$ $\pm0.08$ fbin their fiducial region, where $1.30$ $\pm0.13$ fb is expected in the Standard Model for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$= 125.4 GeV. Various differential cross sections are also given; see their Fig. 2.

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CHATRCHYAN 2014AA use 5.1 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 19.7 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.6 GeV. The signal strength for the gluon fusion and ${{\mathit t}}{{\overline{\mathit t}}}{{\mathit H}}$ production mode is $0.80$ ${}^{+0.46}_{-0.36}$, while the signal strength for the vector boson fusion and ${{\mathit W}}{{\mathit H}}$, ${{\mathit Z}}{{\mathit H}}$ production mode is $1.7$ ${}^{+2.2}_{-2.1}$.

²²	AAD 2013AK use 4.7 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 20.7 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.5 GeV.

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CHATRCHYAN 2013J obtain results based on ${{\mathit Z}}$ ${{\mathit Z}}$ $\rightarrow$ 4 ${{\mathit \ell}}$ final states in 5.1 fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 12.2 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strength is given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.8 GeV. Superseded by CHATRCHYAN 2014AA.

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AAD 2012AI obtain results based on $4.7 - 4.8$ fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and 5.8 fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. The quoted signal strengths are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 126 GeV. See also AAD 2012DA.

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CHATRCHYAN 2012N obtain results based on $4.9 - 5.1$ fb${}^{-1}$ of ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$ collisions at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 7 TeV and $5.1 - 5.3$ fb${}^{-1}$ at $\mathit E_{{\mathrm {cm}}}$ = 8 TeV. An excess of events over background with a local significance of 5.0 $\sigma $ is observed at about ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125 GeV. The quoted signal strengths are given for ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit H}}}$ = 125.5 GeV. See also CHATRCHYAN 2012BY and CHATRCHYAN 2013Y.

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