Simplified template cross sections – Stage 1.1 and 1.2

Simplified Template Cross Sections (STXS) have been adopted by the LHC experiments as a common framework for Higgs measurements. Their purpose is to reduce the theoretical uncertainties that are directly folded into the measurements as much as possible, while at the same time allowing for the combination of the measurements between different decay channels as well as between experiments. We report the complete, revised definition of the STXS kinematic bins (stage 1.1 and stage 1.2), which have been used for the measurements by the ATLAS and CMS experiments using the full LHC Run 2 datasets. The main focus is on the four dominant Higgs production processes, namely gluon-fusion, vector-boson fusion, production…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Award: 1806579
• IC
  Imperial College London
• DF
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

  Awards: EXC 2121, 390833306
• AN
  Agence Nationale de la Recherche

  Award: ANR-16-CE31-0016
• SA
  Science and Technology Facilities Council