# Finding the Higgs boson in decays to $Z \gamma$ using the matrix element method at Next-to-Leading Order

@article{Campbell2013FindingTH,
title={Finding the Higgs boson in decays to \$Z \gamma\$ using the matrix element method at Next-to-Leading Order},
author={John M. Campbell and R. Keith Ellis and Walter T. Giele and Ciaran Williams},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2013},
volume={87},
pages={073005}
}
• Published 29 January 2013
• Physics
• Physical Review D
We illustrate how the Matrix Element Method at Next-to-Leading Order (MEM@NLO) can be used to discriminate between events arising from the production of a Higgs boson, which subsequently decays to a final state consisting of ell^+ell^-gamma, and the background production of the same final state. We illustrate how the method could be used in an experimental analysis by devising cuts on the signal (P_S) and background (P_B) weights that are computed event-by-event in this approach. We find that…
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