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 language | English |
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Article number | 160 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2014 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014, The Author(s).
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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Not added | ST/H00081X/2 |
National Science Foundation | 1151640, 1314131, 0906479, 1306951, 1205960, 1120138, 1211067 |
Science and Technology Facilities Council | ST/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 Forschung | 146730, 153664 |
Keywords
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering
- Higgs physics
- Supersymmetry