Updated search for the standard model Higgs boson in events with jets and missing transverse energy using the full CDF data set

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We present an updated search for the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson in the final state with missing transverse energy and two jets. We use the full CDF data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.45\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ at a proton-antiproton center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$. New to this analysis is the inclusion of a $b$-jet identification algorithm specifically optimized for $H\ensuremath{\rightarrow}b\overline{b}$ searches. Across the Higgs boson mass range $90\ensuremath{\le}{m}_{H}\ensuremath{\le}150\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$, the expected 95% credibility level upper limits on the $VH$ production cross section times the $H\ensuremath{\rightarrow}b\overline{b}$ branching fraction are improved by an average of 14% relative to the previous analysis. At a Higgs boson mass of $125\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$, the observed (expected) limit is 3.06 (3.33) times the standard model prediction, corresponding to one of the most sensitive searches to date in this final state.

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