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 fb-1 at a proton-antiproton center-of-mass
energy of sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. New to this analysis is the inclusion
of a b-jet identification algorithm specifically optimized for H->bb
searches. Across the Higgs boson mass range 90 <= mH <= 150 GeV/c2,
the expected 95% credibility level upper limits on the VH production
cross section times the H->bb branching fraction are improved by
an average of 14% relative to the previous analysis. At a Higgs boson
of 125 GeV/c2, 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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