Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton–proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb−1 collected at s=7TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb−1 at s=8TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels ⁎H→ZZ(⁎)→4ℓ, H→γγ and ⁎H→WW(⁎)→eνμν in the 8 TeV data are combined with previously published results of searches for ⁎H→ZZ(⁎), ⁎WW(⁎), bb¯ and τ+τ− in the 7 TeV data and results from improved analyses of the ⁎H→ZZ(⁎)→4ℓ and H→γγ channels in the 7 TeV data. Clear evidence for the production of a neutral boson with a measured mass of 126.0±0.4(stat)±0.4(sys)GeV is presented. This observation, which has a significance of 5.9 standard deviations, corresponding to a background fluctuation probability of 1.7×10−9, is compatible with the production and decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson.