Search for a light charged Higgs boson in top quark decays in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
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2012-07Typ
- Journal Article
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Abstract
Results are presented on a search for a light charged Higgs boson that can be produced in the decay of the top quark t → H+b and which, in turn, decays into τ +ν τ . The analysed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of about 2 fb−1 recorded in protonproton collisions at s√=7TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is sensitive to the decays of the top quark pairs tt¯ → H± W ∓ bb¯¯¯ and tt¯ → H±H∓ bb¯¯¯. Various final states have been studied separately, all requiring presence of a τ lepton from H+ decays, missing transverse energy, and multiple jets. Upper limits on the branching fraction B(t → H+b) in the range of 2-4 % are established for charged Higgs boson masses between 80 and 160 GeV, under the assumption that B(H+ → τ +ν τ ) = 1. Mehr anzeigen
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000055407Publikationsstatus
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Journal of High Energy PhysicsBand
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SpringerThema
Hadron-Hadron ScatteringOrganisationseinheit
03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus)
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
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