Search for new resonances decaying to a W or Z boson and a Higgs boson in the ℓ + ℓ − bb ¯ , ℓνbb ¯ , and νν ¯ bb ¯ channels with pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search is presented for new resonances decaying to a W or Z boson and a Higgs boson in the ℓ + ℓ − bb ¯ , ℓνbb ¯ , and νν ¯ bb ¯ channels in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using a total integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb¯¹. The search is conducted by looking for a localized excess in the WH /ZH invariant or transverse mass distribution. No significant excess is observed, and the results are interpreted in terms of constraints on a simplified model based on a phenomenological Lagrangian of heavy vector triplets.