Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions

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Abstract

Abstract: A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM) decaying to tau-lepton pairs in pp collisions is performed, using events recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 24.6 fb−1, with 4.9 fb−1 at 7 TeV and 19.7 fb−1 at 8 TeV. To enhance the sensitivity to neutral MSSM Higgs bosons, the search includes the case where the Higgs boson is produced in association with a b-quark jet. No excess is observed in the tau-lepton-pair invariant mass spectrum. Exclusion limits are presented in the MSSM parameter space for different benchmark scenarios, mh max, mh mod +, mh mod −, light-stop, light-stau, τ-phobic, and low-mH. Upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given.

Original languageEnglish
Article number160
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2014
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, The Author(s).

Funding

FundersFunder number
Not addedST/H00081X/2
National Science Foundation1151640, 1314131, 0906479, 1306951, 1205960, 1120138, 1211067
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/I505580/1, ST/L00609X/1, ST/I505572/1, ST/I005912/1, ST/J005665/1, ST/J004901/1, ST/K003542/1, ST/K001256/1, ST/K001639/1, ST/K003844/1, ST/L006340/1, ST/F007094/1
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung146730, 153664

    Keywords

    • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
    • Higgs physics
    • Supersymmetry

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