Search for the standard model higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson and decaying to a b-quark pair with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Abstract

These proceedings report on recent progress in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson and decaying to a b-quark pair using 4.6-4.7 f b-1 of pp collision data at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. No evidence for Higgs boson production is observed. Exclusion limits on Higgs boson production times decay branching ratio, at the 95% confidence level, of 2.5 to 5.5 times the Standard Model expectation are obtained in the mass range 110-130 GeV. The expected exclusion limits range between 2.6 and 5.1 for the same mass interval.