Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the $ZH\to \nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ Channel in 5.2 fb$^{-1}$ of $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV

A search is performed for the standard model Higgs boson in 5.2 fb-1 of pp collisions at √s=1.96 TeV, collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The final state considered is a pair of b jets and large missing transverse energy, as expected from pp →ZH→νν bb production. The search is also sensitive to the WH→lνbb channel when the charged lepton is not identified. For a Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV, a limit is set at the 95% C.L. on the cross section multiplied by branching fraction for [pp →(Z/W)H](H→bb ) that is a factor of 3.7 larger than the standard model value, consistent with the factor of 4.6 expected.