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On the presentation of the LHC Higgs Results

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-09-17 v2

Abstract

We put forth conclusions and suggestions regarding the presentation of the LHC Higgs results that may help to maximize their impact and their utility to the whole High Energy Physics community.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1307.5865,
  title  = {On the presentation of the LHC Higgs Results},
  author = {F. Boudjema and G. Cacciapaglia and K. Cranmer and G. Dissertori and A. Deandrea and G. Drieu la Rochelle and B. Dumont and U. Ellwanger and A. Falkowski and J. Galloway and R. M. Godbole and J. F. Gunion and A. Korytov and S. Kraml and H. B. Prosper and V. Sanz and S. Sekmen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5865},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Conclusions from the workshops "Likelihoods for the LHC Searches", 21-23 January 2013 at CERN, "Implications of the 125 GeV Higgs Boson", 18-22 March 2013 at LPSC Grenoble, and from the 2013 Les Houches "Physics at TeV Colliders" workshop. 16 pages, 3 figures. Version 2: Comment added on the first publication of signal strength likelihoods in digital form by ATLAS