Measurements of the Higgs boson inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections in the 4 ℓ decay channel at √s = 13 TeV

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections of the Higgs boson are measured in the <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$H \rightarrow ZZ^{*} \rightarrow 4\ell $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> (<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\ell = e,\mu $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>) decay channel. The results are based on proton−proton collision data produced at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector from 2015 to 2018, equivalent to an integrated luminosity of 139 <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\hbox {fb}^{-1}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>fb</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>. The inclusive fiducial cross section for the <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$H \rightarrow ZZ^{*} \rightarrow 4\ell $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> process is measured to be <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sigma _\mathrm {fid} = 3.28 \pm 0.32$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>fid</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3.28</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.32</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> fb, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sigma _\mathrm {fid, SM} = 3.41 \pm 0.18 $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>fid</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>SM</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3.41</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.18</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> fb. Differential fiducial cross sections are measured for a variety of observables which are sensitive to the production and decay of the Higgs boson. All measurements are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. The results are used to constrain anomalous Higgs boson interactions with Standard Model particles.</jats:p>