Table 6.

Selection used in the same-flavor VBF categories. The DYMVA threshold is optimized separately in each subcategory and data set

Subcategories	Selection
Global selection
—	$p_{\text{T}}{}_1>25\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $p_{\text{T}}{}_2>10\text{Ge}\text{V}$ (2016) or 13$\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	$p_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}>20\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $p_{\text{T}}^{\ell \ell }>30\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	ee or $\mathrm{\mu }$ $\mathrm{\mu }$ pair with opposite charge
	$m_{\ell \ell }>12\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $|m_{\ell \ell }-m_{\text{Z}}|>15\text{Ge}\text{V}$
2-jet VBF category
$\text{e}$, $\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{\mu }$	$m_{\ell \ell }<60\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $65<m_{\text{T}}^{\text{H}}<150\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	At least 2 jets with $p_{\text{T}}>30\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	$|\Delta {\varphi }_{\ell \ell }|<1.6$, $m_{\text{jj}}>350\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	No b-tagged jets with $p_{\text{T}}>20\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	DYMVA above threshold
$\text{W}$ CR	As SR but with $m_{\ell \ell }>100\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	$m_{\text{T}}^{\text{H}}>60\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $m_{\text{T}}({\ell }_2,p_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}})>30\text{Ge}\text{V}$
Top quark CR	As SR but with $m_{\ell \ell }>100\text{Ge}\text{V}$, $m_{\text{T}}({\ell }_2,p_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}})>30\text{Ge}\text{V}$
	At least one of the leading jets b-tagged