Search for a Higgs boson in the mass range from 145 to 1000 GeV decaying to a pair of W or Z bosons

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A search for a heavy Higgs boson in the H to WW and H to ZZ decay channels is reported.

• The search is based upon proton-proton collision data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 5.1 inverse femtobarns at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and up to 19.7 inverse femtobarns at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC.
• Several final states of the H to WW and H to ZZ decays are analyzed.
• The combined upper limit at the 95% confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction exclude a Higgs boson with standard model-like couplings and decays in the range 145 < m[H] < 1000 GeV.