# Interpreting CMS and ATLAS results

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Hi all,

Any help about interprting the results of ## \sigma(pp \to H) \times BR (H \to WW) ## mentioned in Fig.(12-13) hep-ex]]?

In that paper [arXiv:1512.06728v3[hep-ph]], page 8, its said that according to these figuers ## \sigma ( pp \to H \to WW^* )\leq 54, 37 fb ##, but I don't undersatnd how can we conclude that ?
also why in this paper they say WW* although the results in the Figs for WW both decay lepotonically ..

Cheers,
S.

mfb
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In that paper [arXiv:1512.06728v3[hep-ph]], page 8, its said that according to these figuers ## \sigma ( pp \to H \to WW^* )\leq 54, 37 fb ##, but I don't undersatnd how can we conclude that ?
That should be directly the exclusion limit given by ATLAS, read off at 750 GeV. How ATLAS concluded that: standard CLs technique.

also why in this paper they say WW* although the results in the Figs for WW both decay lepotonically ..
The (optional) * is just a reminder that one W is far off-shell.

That should be directly the exclusion limit given by ATLAS, read off at 750 GeV. How ATLAS concluded that: standard CLs technique.

Can't we understand form the figures any informatin ?

mfb
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I don't understand that question.

I mean as in [arXiv:1512.06728v3[hep-ph]], they say that : they concluded from these fig (12-13) that
## \sigma ( pp \to H \to WW^* )\leq 54, 37 fb ## .. I were asking from the begining how they reached to this conculution , i.e., how can we interpret the Exp. graphes ?

mfb
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The referenced graphs directly show the exclusion limits: the y axis is the cross-section, the solid line is the exclusion limit as function of the mass (x axis). To find the exclusion limit at 750 GeV, look at the y-value of the solid line for x=750 GeV.